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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#176 Post by skeets kelly » Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:00 am

delayed until september now.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#177 Post by swo17 » Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:08 am

The notification I got this morning said late August.

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#178 Post by skeets kelly » Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:47 pm

ah. my amazon shipping update said it was being sent out early september.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#179 Post by chatterjees » Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:31 pm

Its early Sep for me too -
"..."Werner Herzog Collection (8-Disc Blu-ray Box Set)"
Estimated arrival date: September 02 2014 - September 06 2014
One of our aims is to provide a convenient and efficient service but in this case, we've fallen short. Please accept our sincere apologies."

It looks like all my pre-orders from UK are delayed. :(

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#180 Post by Zobalob » Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:49 pm

Mine says this... "Werner Herzog Collection (8-Disc Blu-ray Box Set)"
Estimated arrival date: August 26 2014


I wonder what the problem is?

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#181 Post by chatterjees » Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:56 pm

Supply, may be!
You must have placed your pre-order before I did. Its just a wild guess :wink:

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#182 Post by swo17 » Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:56 pm

Amazon's website says it comes out August 25th.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#183 Post by HitchcockLang » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:53 pm

Is that Shout Factory release beginning to look the least bit more tempting now? At least to those with little patience? :)

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#184 Post by perkizitore » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:42 pm

Do not confuse arrival dates with the release dates! Chatterjees, you live in the US, unless you paid for courier service it's impossible to receive the item before someone who lives in Scotland.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#185 Post by chatterjees » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:07 pm

perkizitore wrote:Do not confuse arrival dates with the release dates! Chatterjees, you live in the US, unless you paid for courier service it's impossible to receive the item before someone who lives in Scotland.
Sure, I understand that. I can wait. I am just hoping for its safe arrival at my doorsteps.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#186 Post by Zobalob » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:14 pm

chatterjees wrote:Supply, may be!
You must have placed your pre-order before I did. Its just a wild guess :wink:
:lol: No, sorry, misunderstanding alert!. I meant to say that I wonder what the problem is that has caused the release date to slip by more than a month, not why a UK order should arrive in the UK before a similar order arrives in the USA, that's pretty obvious.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#187 Post by skeets kelly » Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:33 am

HitchcockLang wrote:Is that Shout Factory release beginning to look the least bit more tempting now? At least to those with little patience? :)
not based on reviews of their nosferatu.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#188 Post by MichaelB » Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:09 am

The BFI has just formally confirmed that the new release date is 25 August.

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Werner Herzog - a guide for the perplexed (2014)

#189 Post by Adam X » Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:26 am

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but in deciding to finally buy Paul Cronin's Herzog on Herzog, I discovered that he's got an impending, hugely updated version of this book called Werner Herzog - a guide for the perplexed.

I emailed Faber & Faber for clarification on its contents compared to the earlier book and was told the following:
Faber & Faber wrote:The book used Herzog on Herzog as it's basis, although lots of material in the initial interviews have been reworked and expanded on, plus there's completely new material based around newer films. I hope that helps!

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#190 Post by Zobalob » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:26 am

Thanks for that information, I'll pick my copy up this afternoon, skim it, and let you know if there's much difference (I have the earlier version too).

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#191 Post by Zobalob » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:55 pm

I have the book now and it's a couple of hundred pages longer, much nicer production with the (different and some in colour) photographs printed on art-paper stock and kept together between pages 84 and 85 rather than before when they were printed on the same pages as text and interspersed throughout. As said in the quote from Faber and Faber above, the original interviews have been reworked and expanded, e.g. I compared the parts discussing "Fata Morgana" and found that the revised version is quite different and on a quick skim seems to be more "in depth" than the previous text.

The new material covering his work since the first edition takes up approx. a hundred pages or so and there are, additionally, a Foreword by Harmony Korine, a new introduction "Visionary Vehemence" by Paul Cronin, then after the body of the text, "Ten Poems" by Werner Herzog, "Thinking about Germany" by Werner Herzog, "The Minnesota Declaration" by Werner Herzog (which was in the first edition), "Shooting on the Lam" by Herbert Golder, "Afterword" by Lawrence Krauss and a bibliographic essay, filmography and opera stagings. Altogether it makes a nice reference work for when that blu-ray box set eventually arrives.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#192 Post by Adam X » Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:48 am

Hey, thanks very much for that. It looks to be a pretty nice book. There's something about Herzog's work that just keeps me returning again and again. Even when on the surface a film of his might at times seem 'boring', it's still pretty captivating.
Should be enlightening to finally read through Paul Cronin's interviews. Not to mention absorbing the BFI Blu-Ray set too, a decent amount of which I've not yet seen.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#193 Post by RossyG » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:32 am

Zobalob wrote:I have the book now...
Is the print a decent size or a bit small?

I know I should get my eyes checked for glasses, but for now I just make sure the text doesn't resemble the small print in a contract. :wink:

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#194 Post by Zobalob » Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:44 am

RossyG wrote:
Zobalob wrote:I have the book now...
Is the print a decent size or a bit small?

I know I should get my eyes checked for glasses, but for now I just make sure the text doesn't resemble the small print in a contract. :wink:
The text is set in a good, readable, point size so I wouldn't worry about that. This edition, being hardback, has a page size that is quite a bit larger than the 2002 paperback. New edition is 24 x 15.4 x 4.9 cm as opposed to the 2002 paperback's 21.5 x 13.4 x 2.5 cm (sizes according to Amazon UK).

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#195 Post by RossyG » Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:06 am

Many thanks. Order in! :)

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#196 Post by GaryC » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:49 am

I believe that 1988 Guardian Lecture (which followed a preview screening of Cobra Verde) is audio-only? I was in the audience for that at the National Film Theatre.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#197 Post by MichaelB » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:01 am

Beaver on Woyzeck.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#198 Post by olmo » Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:02 pm

Really does look fantastic, the shot of the band marching, especially, is breathtaking.

Looking forward to seeing how Stroszek looks (and sounds; love Chet Atkins score) as it is a favourite and to see how utterly bleak Plainfield, Wisconsin looks in HD. Kaspar' too, if this is anything to go by must also look gorgeous. It looks as if the delay was more than justified.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#199 Post by What A Disgrace » Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:16 pm

I am most looking forward to seeing Heart of Glass in HD. Outside of Nosferatu and Aguirre, that is.

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Re: Werner Herzog Collection

#200 Post by EddieLarkin » Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:45 pm

I think overall the Woyzeck master looks to be a tad underwhelming, but the BFI encoding is much better than the Shout. Note the black crush:

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