Burden of Dreams [Blu-ray] [Criterion Collection]

Les Blank

Overview

Documentary filmmaker Les Blank followed director Werner Herzog around during the stormy production of Herzog's Fitzcarraldo. The result was Blank's Burden of Dreams, which many reviewers found more fascinating than Herzog's effort. Lensed in Peru, Fitzcarraldo was the story of a single-minded man obsessed with the notion of introducing opera to the jungles of the Amazon. Les Blank's basic premise, that Werner Herzog became as obsessed as his central character, needs no underlining. This, however, does not prevent Blank from ladling on his thesis with a trowel at several junctures.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2025
UPC:	0715515324212
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

David Espinosa	Actor
Miguel Fuentes	Actor
Paul Hittscher	Actor
José Lewgoy	Actor
Thomas Mauch	Actor
Walter Saxer	Actor

Technical Credits

Mike Goodwin

Les Blank	Director,Producer
David Loxton	Executive Producer
Mike Goodwin	Screenwriter
Maureen Gosling	Sound/Sound Designer