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Burden of Dreams is a 1982 documentary film directed by Les Blank . Synopsis. The film is a making-of documentary about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog 's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo. It was filmed on location in the jungles of Peru during production of Herzog's film. Cast. Werner Herzog as Self. Klaus Kinski as Fitzcarraldo / Self.
Burden of Dreams. For nearly five years, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog desperately tried to complete one of the most ambitious and difficult films of his career, Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man’s attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle.
Les Blank's "Burden of Dreams" is one of the most remarkable documentaries ever made about the making of a movie. There are at least two reasons for that. One is that the movie being made, Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo," involved some of the most torturous and dangerous on-location shooting experiences in film history.
Directed by Les Blank. With Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale.Burden of Dreams Blu-ray (Shout Factory) : https://shoutfactory.com/products/he...
Sep 24, 1982 · Burden of Dreams: Directed by Les Blank. With Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards. A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Burden of Dreams, Les Blank's documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo, is about, ironically enough, the will of the human spirit.
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