The 81-year-old director of 'Fitzcarraldo' and 'Grizzly Man,' spoke to THR Roma about his new memoir, the title of which sums up his worldview: 'Every Man for Himself and God Against All.'
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“My books will be remembered more than my films,” he proclaims, apparently dismissing the professional assessment of Francois Truffaut, who called Herzog our “greatest living filmmaker.”met up with Herzog at Babel Literary Festival in Bellinzona, Switzerland, where he was a guest of honor, presenting his new memoir,
No, and I wouldn’t want to. Others have to do it. In Gorbachev’s case, the tragedy is that the West did not understand him and did not pick up the signals. There were too many missed opportunities, as when Gorbachev unilaterally withdrew 400,000 soldiers from Poland and 5,000 tanks, a decision the West, in open contrast to the promises made, failed to match, instead immediately filling the [power] vacuum with NATO.
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