Word: herzog
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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FITZCARRALDO Directed and Written by Werner Herzog BURDEN OF DREAMS Directed by Les Blank...
...Werner Herzog is in love with the impossible. It seduces, challenges, obsesses him. It lures him to forbidden kingdoms, from the Sahara to the Amazon, where holy misfits are given the chance to realize or cheat their destinies. The risks this German film maker takes - with his subject matter, with his and his company's safety, with an audience's willingness to accede to his demons - make a reckless ad venturer like Francis Coppola seem stodgy by comparison. For Heart of Glass Herzog hypnotized his actors, and on the receptive viewer his films have a similar effect: their...
...doubles, however, Harvard's Warren Grossman and Laud were beaten by Yale's Glen Lagendecker and Bruce Herzog in a three-set thriller...
BLANK, however, artfully presents much more in Burden of Dreams than merely Herzog's warped world. The movie contains beautifully photographed scenes of one of the most primitive sports on earth as well as glimpses of the culture of the local Indians and the problems they confront as the modern world encroaches on their territory. Herzog hired many natives as extras and laborers, and the practice created typically Western dilemmas over how to run the camp where both Indians and film crew lived. Should the rules of Western society or the laws of the jungle take precedence? Herzog's pursuit...
Whether or not Herzog succeeded in making Fitzcarraldo an impressive movie or not remains to be seen, but only if it's extraordinary will it stand a chance of surpassing Burden of Dreams. In today's world of high budgets and slick plots, Burden of Dreams vividly reminds us of the myriad powerful emotions and captivating scenery one can achieve through non-fiction...