Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982) by Dustin G — 12 Jan 2009
Werner Herzog is the world's most fascinating living filmmaker. He has gone time and again to such awesome lengths for the sake of his art, it is almost unthinkable. Returning to the Amazon for his second film made there (Aguirre, Wrath of God was his first), Fitzcarraldo is a most impressive spectacle centering around the amazing fact that Herzog actually DID pull that steam boat over a mountain from one side of the Amazon jungle to the other. Klaus Kinski, a commanding presence in every film he is in, is the absolute perfect choice for the opera obsessed Brian Fitzgerald. Herzog's use of actual Amazon natives as the crew who helps with the task is typical of the realism which is present in every one of his fictional films.
It is a little long and the great boat moving sequence comes late in the film, but it is a wonder to behold and an epic in scope and execution.
This review of Fitzcarraldo (1982) was written by Dustin G on 12 Jan 2009.
Fitzcarraldo has generally received very positive reviews.
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