Werner Herzog's Sublime
The films of Werner Herzog's have often been approached from the point of view of a vision of the ‘sublime'. Do you agree with this reading of his work? Discuss your answer with reference to at least two of his films.
The above question contains several separate facets. Firstly, there are many different definitions and interpretations of the sublime. For the purposes of feasibility, the most appropriate definition will be examined as well as the historical and modern-day relevance of the concept. Secondly, Herzog himself has consistently rejected any intellectual criticism of his work. "I never attempt to articulate my ideas in abstract terms through the veil of an ideology. My films come to me very much alive, like dreams without logical patterns or academic explanations" (2002, 65) It will require close examination of Herzog's films and the academic analysis of these films if we are to accurately assess their level of relevance to the sublime. Thirdly, while the entire oeuvre......
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