Every night the trees disappear
Subtitle: Werner Herzog and the making of Heart of glass
By: Alan Greenberg ; foreword, scenario, and afterword by Werner Herzog ; English adaptation by Alan Greenberg
Contributors: Herzog, Werner, 1942-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781569766071
Subjects: Heart of Glass (Motion picture)
Description: When Alan Greenberg first showed up at Werner Herzog's Munich home at age twenty-four, he was, according to the director, the first outsider to seek him and recognize his greatness. At the end of their first evening together, Herzog urged Greenberg to work with him on his film Heart of Glass--and everything thereafter. He clinched his plea by assuring the young American, "On the outside we'll look like gangsters, but on the inside we'll wear the gowns of priests." Every Night the Trees Disappear is an intimate chronicle of how this visionary filmmaker directed a masterwork. Greenberg's observations, interwoven with Herzog's original screenplay, elucidate just how unusual Herzog's filmmaking methods could be. By hypnotizing his actors before shooting each scene, Herzog led his crew into a veritable cinematic netherworld, resulting in one of the most haunting movies ever made.
Notes: Originally published: München :  Skellig, 1976, under title: Heart of glass.