Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982) by Anonymous User — 27 Mar 2010
It's worth noting to mention at the very start that this film is free of special effects, which means that you really ARE watching an enormous ship get hauled over a mountain. And it takes a special kind of lunatic to even conjure up, much less execute, Fitzcarraldo's audacious concept. And it takes an even bigger lunatic to play the title role of a rubber baron who will stop at nothing to create an opera house in the middle of the jungle.
Thankfully, Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, for some insane reason I'm infinitely thankful for, demonstrate the kind of dedication it takes to make something like this work, and it totally does. For a lengthy, ambitious movie, it draws you in real quick with an immediately interesting script that's fairly minimalist in its core and sends you to the edge of modern civilization, exploring unknown corners of the world with a curious eye and anxious excitement. See it.
This review of Fitzcarraldo (1982) was written by Anonymous User on 27 Mar 2010.
Fitzcarraldo has generally received very positive reviews.
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