• Patti Smith on Bolaño Bolaño Bolaño part 1 and part 2 .
• Werner Herzog talks about the blending of fact and fiction in his films:
Facts per se are not so interesting for me. Facts do not illuminate; they create norms. The Manhattan phone directory has 4 million entries which are factually correct, but as a book it doesn’t really illuminate you. I’ve always said we have to look beyond realism, beyond facts.
Earlier in the interview Herzog mentions that students at his Rogue Film School receive a “mandatory reading list” but alas no specific titles are mentioned. (Via.)