Burden of Dreams

it really is incredible how much the production of fitzcarraldo parallels the story of fitzcarraldo. a man attempts a sisyphean task and just plows ahead despite every indication that he should just give up and move on. robards would have led to a different film, but i think it would have worked. he certainly would have played the character as irish as opposed to kinski, who could not play irish. i don't really see how mick jagger would have fit though, what few clips they showed didn't really seem to mesh. it is curious the herzog thought he couldn't recast the role, of all people, mick read more

watched last night and still chewing on it. i haven't seen fitzcarraldo but its infamy preceeds it. i also don't know after having seen the documentary that i need or want to? herzog doesn't seem oblivious to the damage he caused, but it's still double. at one point he must have considered bailing, but maybe there was too much at stake financially? i love anything that explores the process of making movies, and i love watching a fool's errand play out, and this is both. but if human rights violations are the cost of making movies, they shouldn't exist. fascinating, but also kinda enraging read more