Conquest of the useless
Subtitle: reflections from the making of Fitzcarraldo
By: Werner Herzog ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780061575532
Subjects: Fitzcarraldo (Motion picture); Diaries; Motion picture producers and directors
Work titles: Eroberung des Nutzlosen
Notes: "Originally published in Germany as [sic] Der Eroberung des Nutzlosen by Carl Hanser Verlag in 2004"--T.p. verso.

"These texts are not reports on the actual filming [of Fitzcarraldo]--of which little is said. Nor are they journals, except in a very general sense. They might be described instead as inner landscapes, bortn of the delirium of the jungle. But even that may not be entirely accurate--I am not sure."--preface by Werner Herzog, Jan. 2004.