作者简介
Inthewinterof1974,filmmakerWernerHerzogmadeathreeweeksolojourneyfromMunichtoParisonfoot.Hebelieveditwastheonlywayhisclosefriend,filmhistorianLotteEisner,wouldsurviveahorriblesicknessthathadovertakenher.Duringthismonumentalodysseythroughaseeminglyendlessblizzard,Herzogdocumentedeverythinghesawandfeltwithintensesincerity.Thisdiaryisdottedwithapasticheofrantsabouttheextremecoldandutterloneliness,notesonHerzog'sfilmsandtravels,poeticdescriptionsofthesnowycountryside,andpersonalphilosophizing.Whatismostremarkableisthatthereadingofthebookisincontinuitywiththeexperienceofwatchinghisfilms;it'sasif,throughthiswalk,wewitnesstheprocessinwhichimagesareborn.Althoughhereceivedaliteraryawardforit,thisintrospectivemasterpiecehaslingeredoutofprintsince1979.Beautifullydesignedandemotionallyimpressive,OfWalkinginIceisthefirstinacolor-codedseriesofremarkableyetlong-forgottentitlesbeingrepublishedbyFreeAssociation.
