"Fitzcarraldo" (1982)

Hollywood dissent #4, or a BarbieHeimer fatigue inspired revolt against Hollywood propaganda.

Sep 03, 2023

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"It's a land which God, if he exists, has created in anger." ~ Werner Herzog

“I just do not want to be the one who is going to abandon his dream.” Klaus Kinski still from Fitzcarraldo.

Fitzcarraldo is a movie about an opera-loving madman, Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, the Irishman who inspired the equally insane Werner Herzog, who is determined to drag a boat…

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