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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780030015
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 078003001X
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 40918
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1982
Editorial Review:
Description:
For nearly five years, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog desperately tried to complete the most ambitious and difficult film of his career-Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Documentary filmmaker Les Blank captured the unfolding of this production, made all the more perilous by Herzog's determination to shoot the most daunting scenes without models or special effects, including a sequence requiring hundreds of natives to pull a full-sized, 320-ton steamship over a small mountain. The result is an extraordinary document of the filmmaking process and a unique look into the single-minded passion of one of cinema#s most fearless directors.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Insanity in the Peruvian jungle
"Burden of Dreams" recounts film director Werner Herzog's insane project to film "Fitzcarraldo". The project is continually dogged by disasters and the obsessive requirements of Herzog himself. The documentary-makers record the events in an impressionistic fashion, giving one a real sense of the otherworldy atmosphere of filming in the Peruvian jungle.
The DVD includes a throwaway item "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" on Herzog's support of Errol Morris's "Gates of Heaven".
Rating: - Could be more complete
Documentary buffs and those already familiar with Werner Herzog's career will probably really enjoy this film. I, however, tend to buy "Criterion Collection" DVDs because they are like taking film studies classes in a box (a major they didnt have back in my day). In other words, they are fun, fully informative DVDs: movie, background, and all relevant materials to understand why and how a film is "classic" or "important". I guess. I would have liked to have had a boxed set that included Fitzcaraldo. ... Read More
Rating:  - Werner Herzhog is a God
If your ever having a bad watch this movie!! This documentary exhibits the extreme case of a movie production gone sideways. All forces of nature were against the making of this movie. Somehow Herzhog stayed focused and comitted pushing it though to its completion. We get a personal insite into the philosophies that make Herzhog a great filmaker and human being. THe extras are great in this dvd as well.
Rating: - for Herzog fans
This documentary is a bit haphazard, jumping from one thing to the next, without much filler. At once it focuses on the politics of the native tribes and then jumps to clips of Jason Robards and Mick Jagger. However, I do think that this effect does illustrate the chaos surrounding the making of the film. The biggest weakness is the high pitched, plaintive narration by the woman narrator. The type of documentation of such a dreadfull film experience calls for something more authoritative. I suspect this ... Read More
Rating: - Proves why Herzog is as great as he is...
Werner Herzog is one of the greatest directors in the history of moviemaking. This documents arguably his greatest achievement, Fitzcarraldo. So much went wrong on this film, it was absolutely amazing that Herzog not only finished the film, but that it was as brilliant and as enthralling as it was. He had to deal with Jason Robards getting sick and quitting, Mick Jagger dropping out, dealing with Klaus Kinski (make sure you watch the special features for a tantrum by Kinski, which Herzog describes as ... Read More
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