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Dylan Fries
20Jan12
Beautiful shots framing the madness of the filming of Fitzcarraldo and Herzog in the jungle. My favourite doc I've seen.
Joel
20Oct11
Herzog lends himself by very nature of his oddity to be the prime subject of documentation. Therefore at the outset you know this is going to be interesting to say the least. From existential monologues bordering on absurdity to simply watching a cinematic force at work, worth the price of the admission. What one isn't expecting and finds quite delightful is many scenes of natural beauty within the jungle context.
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FailedImitator
20Jul11
I could listen to Herzog talk for hours, but honestly, the documentary could've been better.
Wortzik
12Jul11
Narrator: "Herzog is stranded in the jungle with a 300 ton steamship that won't move and time is running out. He needs money to move the ship but no one would invest unless the ship moves first."
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fakebook (Tom)
3Jun11
A documentary about the mammoth & maniacal efforts by Herzog and crew to make Fitzcarraldo, this is even better than the movie. Herzog as the star of this documentary is quite dashing & impossibly hopeful. If I don't complete this movie then I have no dreams, he says (or something like that). As always, Herzog is so quotable and so on the mark. He's a swashbuckler, a poet, and a pioneering anthropologist: a dreamer.
Aflwydd
2Jun11
Herzog comes across as an Ahab-esque figure here. His monomania is admirable but terrifying. The same can be said for most artists, but the difference between most artists and film-makers is that film-makers drag a larger group of people down with them than any writer or painter could. At what point does ambition and drive become greed and selfishness? Herzog, more than most, straddles that line regularly.
KooterBrown
10May11
klaus kinski cracks me up. Amazing that herzog lived with him in the jungle for this length of time and Kinski didn't have a meltdown that resulted in him or someone else dying.
Marcus Reed
9Apr11
Even the stars here look like a mess. There is no harmony in the universe. No harmony as we have conceived it. But, saying this, it is not that I hate the jungle, I love it, I love it very much. But, I love it against my better judgement.
All Is Grace
13May10
"If I abandon this project, I would be a man without dreams, and I don't want to live like that." This is the key sentence of the movie from Herzog. Throughout the whole documentary, you see misfortunes and extreme situations on one side, and Werner Herzog on the other side. This man never gives up! Although the burden of his dreams was too heavy, but he finished making Fitzcarraldo with every kind of trouble you could ever think of. Could this documentary be any better? Nope.
jamiejames
28Sep09
When given the choice, I will always watch Burden Of Dreams rather than Fitzcarraldo.
Owen Sound
23Sep09
I could listen to Werner Herzog talk for hours about anything but hearing him discuss his masterpiece Fitzcarraldo is the ultimate treat.
The Mayor Of Hell
8May09
I've never seen someone age so much right before my eyes. It's a shame they rushed through the end of the films shoot, The boat finally making it over the mountain lacked the grandiose scene it deserved. I guess it was saved for the actual movie. Best part had to be the 2nd boat floating down the dangerous rapids and slamming into the cliffs. Then Herzog criticizes Kinski for running for cover. Great stuff.
vladdytrout
6May09
Passion. Passion to make a movie at all costs. Passion to bring the best out of a difficult situation. Passion = Herzog. Passion = Kinski.
