"Fitzcarraldo" (1982)
Hollywood dissent #4, or a BarbieHeimer fatigue inspired revolt against Hollywood propaganda.
"It's a land which God, if he exists, has created in anger." ~ Werner Herzog
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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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