Conquest of the Useless
June 30, 2009After years of hoping for it, I am thrilled to see that the diary Werner Herzog wrote while he was making his epic Fitzcarraldo has finally been translated into English! The only way this could be better news would be if he had also released an audiobook version—I would love to hear him read it. The NY Times’ Janet Maslin has a review here and they have published an excerpt as well.
I think it’s time to rewatch Fitzcarraldo and Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams while I wait for my book to arrive. 
