287 - Burden of Dreams (1982)
Random Acts of Cinema
English - October 02, 2023 17:12 - 1 hour - 40.2 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsVisual Arts Arts TV & Film criterion movies cinema film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Director Les Blank turns his unsparing eye on obsessive visionary director Werner Herzog as he trudges through a years-long journey to film Fitzcarraldo in the South American rainforest. Everything that can go wrong does, and Herzog, the film, and the viewers are left to ponder: is all this worth it? Maybe it is, but since this is the only Herzog-related film in the Collection, we’re thrilled for the chance to discuss one of the defining auteurs of the late 20th century.
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