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SUMMARY:In Pursuit of Ecstatic Truth: a Conversation with Werner Herzog
LOCATION:Mudd Hall (MHP) 101\, 3709 Trousdale Parkway\, Los Angeles\, CA 9
 0089
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Werner Herzog will join Aro Velmet (Associate Profes
 sor of History) in a wide-ranging conversation related to his recent book
 \, The Future of Truth (2025). Organized by the USC Society of Fellows in
  the Humanities in partnership with the School of Cinematic Arts\, Visual
  Studies Research Institute\, and Levan Institution for the Humanities.\n
 \nDescription: “I have always vigorously opposed the foolish belief that 
 equates truth with facts.” In his recent book titled The Future of Truth\
 , Werner Herzog unfolds his thoughts on the perils of truth-making as the
  central issue of both his documentaries and feature films. At this event
  hosted by the Society of Fellows for the Humanities\, Herzog discusses h
 is work and preoccupations with truth in a wide-ranging conversation with
  Prof. Aro Velmet. Herzog’s work is indicative of a multifaceted filmmake
 r. By mobilizing his fascination with liminal experiences and places\, wi
 th the unusual\, the outrageous\, the absurd\, he unearths the profound o
 rdinariness of being human. His notion of ‘ecstatic truth’ inhabits a sim
 ilar tension: through stylization\, poetry\, and imagination he strives t
 o tell “a deeper layer of truth\, one that can access a distant echo of s
 omething that can illuminate us\, far beyond the reach of fact.” As his f
 ilms take audiences from the deepest woods of Alaska through Vietnam’s ra
 inforests and into outer space\, his book takes readers on a journey from
  ancient text to ChatGPT generated poetry\, from Michelangelo’s scul\n\nh
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