{"product_id":"conquest-of-the-useless","title":"Conquest of the Useless","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fever-dream journal documenting the making of cinema’s most infamous production, from the world's most infamously visionary director: Werner Herzog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1982, the visionary film director, Werner Herzog, released\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/i\u003e, a lavish film about a would-be rubber baron who pulls a 320-ton steamship over a mountain. Hailed instantly by critics around the globe as a masterpiece,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewon Herzog the 1982 Outstanding Director Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, affirming Herzog's reputation as one of the most revered and enigmatic filmmakers of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConquest of the Useles\u003c\/i\u003es is the diary Herzog kept during the making of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzcarraldo\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled from June 1979 to November 1981. Emerging as if out of an Amazonian fever dream during filming, Herzog's writings are an extraordinary documentary unto themselves. Strange and otherworldly events are recounted by the filmmaker. The crew's camp in the heart of the jungle is attacked and burned to the ground; the production of the film clashes with a border war; and, of course, Herzog unravels the impossible logistics of moving a 320-ton steamship over a hill without the use of special effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his preface, Herzog warns that the diary entries collected in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConquest of the Useless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edo not represent \"reports on the actual filming\" but rather \"inner landscapes, born of the delirium of the jungle.\" Thus begins an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a genius during the making of one of his greatest achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51948271731019,"sku":"R7186-8033","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/31dgYARK6oL._SY445_SX342.jpg?v=1748878022","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/conquest-of-the-useless","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}