Alan Greenberg,Werner Herzog
When Alan Greenberg first showed up at Werner Herzogâ€™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,â€”and everything thereafter. He clinched his plea by assuring the young American, â€œOn the outside weâ€™ll look like gangsters, but on the inside weâ€™ll wear the gowns of priests.â€,Every Night the Trees Disappear, is an intimate chronicle of how this visionary filmmaker directed a masterwork. Greenbergâ€™s observations, interwoven with Herzogâ€™s original screenplay, elucidate just how unusual Herzogâ€™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.,Rather than a conventional, journalistic account of how a director makes a movie, ,Every Night the Trees Disappear, instead presents a unique vision with the feel of a novelâ€”intimate, penetrating, and filled with mystery.
Culture,Film,Nonfiction
Every Night the Trees Disappear: Werner Herzog and the Making of Heart of Glass