Fitzcarraldo

Revisits Herzog's classic film from a decisively contemporary standpoint, bringing into play the development of his filmmaking career.



When it was released in 1982, Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo was widely criticized for its demanding use of human and natural resources as well as its director's uncompromising aesthetic vision. Critics and scholars saw little difference between the film's protagonist's obsession with hauling a ship over a mountain in the Amazon and Herzog's own mode of cinemat...