Herzogianadj.
/həːtˈsɒɡɪən/, U.S. /hərtˈsɔɡiən/, /hərtˈsɑɡiən/ Film.
Of or relating to Werner Herzog; resembling or characteristic of his films.Herzog is best known for his feature films and documentaries focusing on obsessive or isolated protagonists and their place within a hostile or overwhelming natural world.
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Keatonesque1921
Eisensteinian1930
Hitchcockian1930
Wellesian1938
Capraesque1939
Fordian1940
Bergmanesque1959
Bressonian1959
Tatiesque1959
Buñuelian1962
Godardian1962
Hawksian1962
Sirkian1963
Felliniesque1965
Langian1966
Kubrickian1968
Warholian1972
Altmanesque1974
Scorsesean1977
Herzogian1979
Tarkovskian1980
Spielbergian1982
Lynchian1984
Tarantinoesque1994
1979 Film Comment May 6/3 Hostile word of mouth about the film's general lack of vitality and atmosphere (in spite of a few beautiful Herzogian landscapes) brought about ever-dwindling business.
1991 Guardian 12 Sept. (Review section) 27/4 A final section that is authentically Herzogian as its flawed hero, an Alpinist who scorns artificial climbing aids, struggles to the top of the spectacular Cerro Torre in Patagonia.
2002 Time Out N.Y. 19 Sept. 133/2 That doomed mission should have been the tragic conclusion of a typically Herzogian exercise in heroic futility.
2014 Mod. Lang. Rev. 109 920 A recognizable lineage of Herzogian characters..who do not fit simply and squarely into the structures of professional identification imposed upon us by society.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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