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3 min read. 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.
German director Werner Herzog begins work on his 1982 epic "Fitzcarraldo" but soon runs into serious setbacks, from casting problems to his own stubborn refusal to use special effects. After ...
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- Claudia Cardinale, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski
- Les Blank
- Documentary
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Burden of Dreams has an approval rating of 89%, based on reviews from 18 critics, with an average score of 8.7/10. [6] Roger Ebert awarded the film four out of four stars, writing that "Blank...is unafraid to ask difficult questions and portray Herzog, warts and all". [7]
Burden of Dreams has a more lighthearted tone, even though Herzog is out in the middle of nowhere again. The documentary is difficult to put into words as there is no actual plot. It simply focuses on Werner's attempts to film a movie of his (Fitzcarraldo) in the jungles of Peru.
Mar 8, 2024 · Instead of watching some Hungarian arthouse horror or acid-inspired ‘70s cartoon, cue up Les Blank’s “Burden of Dreams” as your next midnight movie and this week’s IndieWire After Dark pick.
- Alison Foreman
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).
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Sep 10, 2012 · Blank's special brand of ethnographic film documentary finds a curiously appropriate subject in that weirdest of all capsule cultures: the on-location film crew. Blank chronicles Herzog's ...
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