On this episode of Cinema Field Guide, we discuss Werner Herzog's 1972 film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God. We discuss how the film came to be, its importance to the New German Cinema movement, and our thoughts on the film.

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Episode Sources:

New German Cinema: A History, Thomas Elsaesser

https://keyframe.fandor.com/werner-herzogs-aguirre-the-wrath-of-god/

https://wernerherzblog.substack.com/p/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god-1972

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/aguirre-wrath-god-real-history-werner-herzog-allegory-empire

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2012/feature-articles/myth-environment-and-ideology-in-the-german-jungle-of-aguirre-the-wrath-of-god/

https://offscreen.com/view/herzog

This is the very first episode of Cinema Field Guide, a podcast hosted by Felicia Maroni and Bryan Loomis. Felicia has a degree in film history from the University of Toronto and has hosted her podcast, Seeing Faces in Movies, since 2023. Bryan is a film critic at ScreenAge Wasteland and curates a local experimental and arthouse film screening series in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The first season of Cinema Field Guide will cover the New German Cinema film movement. In this episode, Felicia and Bryan discuss the state of German cinema before the movement, the Oberhausen Manifesto, the ways that subsidies and television co-production played a role in film development, the hallmarks and key figures of the movement, and how the movement ended.

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Sources mentioned in episode:

https://www.seeingfacesinmovies.com/

https://screenagewasteland.com/author/bloomis/

https://chromaknox.com/

New German Cinema: A History by Thomas Elsaesser

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/autorenfilm-a-process-of-enlightenment

https://www.academia.edu/114121181/Oberhausen_Manifesto_1962_Beginning_of_the_New_German_Cinema