WERNER HERZOG AND THE DOCUMENTARY FILM CYNTHIA ROCKWELL BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION Thesis B.A.

, University of Maryland College Park, 1994 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts 2001

ABSTRACT Werner Herzog has made nearly as many documentary films as narratives, though his non-fiction films have received far less critical attention. Some of the films are dismissed as being inferior to his fiction films, but the documentaries, which explore the same themes as his other films, serve as an interesting counterpart to or exploration of these artistic themes. Indeed, Herzog himself insists that an understanding of his documentaries is essential to an understanding of his fiction films, and that the line between the two formats is i