Burden of Dreams:Making Fitzcarraldo [VHS]

Burden of Dreams:Making Fitzcarraldo [VHS]
by Les Blank

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Actor: ?ngela Reina, Alfredo De Rio Tambo, Father Mariano Gagnon, Jos? Lewgoy, Miguel ?ngel Fuentes
Director: Les Blank
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; German (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 94 minutes
Release Date: 1992-05-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Flowers Films & Video
Studio: Flowers Films & Video

VHS Movie Reviews of Burden of Dreams:Making Fitzcarraldo [VHS]

Movie Review: Herzog is the MAN!
Summary: 5 Stars

Some of the reviews discuss how slow the film is, and that is true. I think the editing is slow for two reasons. One, it allowed the setting to sink in, to become another character the way Herzog stated he like to do in his films. Second, it mirrored the tedious pace of the production of the film. If the crew waits all day to film for one hour, we should wait a little too to get a sense of the numbing boredom. Having said that, the film is not boring. It is a wonderful meditation on one man's vision and the lengths to which he'll go to see them on screen. I kept asking myself, "why not just give up? This seems much too difficult and dangerous?" Giving up is what a normal person would do. This film is not about a normal person--it is about a man with a monomaniacal, dangerous vision. In the end, the film doesn't moralize, and I appreciate that. Some see Herzog as a total jerk, others see him as a visionary. This film accomodates both interpretations.

Movie Review: Insanity in the Peruvian jungle
Summary: 4 Stars

"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".

Movie Review: Could be more complete
Summary: 4 Stars

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. See that movie first. Read a little on Herzog. THEN get this movie.

Movie Review: Werner Herzhog is a God
Summary: 5 Stars

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.

Movie Review: for Herzog fans
Summary: 4 Stars

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 documentary is best enjoyed by Herzog fans. I could be captivated for an hour listening to Herzog talk about washing clothes. He is such a charasmatic figure in his own right. What is really inspiring is despite every possible road block thrown his way--local politics, hostile German press, lead actors having to quit half way through the filming, the huge personality of Kinski, not to mention the sheer insurmountable effort to get the film produced---Herzog persists. It is really quite amazing, and the overwhelming impression is that his passion for film is such that he has absolutely no other option but move forward.

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