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...doubles, however, Harvard's Warren Grossman and Laud were beaten by Yale's Glen Lagendecker and Bruce Herzog in a three-set thriller...
...plot of Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, which has yet to open in Boston, in turn follows the real-life story of bankrupt Irishman who dreams of producing the operas Carcuso in the Brazilian jungle. To raise the necessary capital to back his production, he decides to cash in on the rubber boom by taking a steamship to virgin tracts of jungle, carrying it a mile overland to an otherwise inaccessible river. The real Fitzcarraldo (so named because the natives could not pronounce Fitzgerald) cut a 20-ton steamship into 15 pieces to accomplish his made task. Herzog, in his reenactment, does...
Burden of Dreams looks frankly and directly at the obsessed Herzog, who despite frequent troubles continued to struggle for his movie. Seeing no alternatives, he says, "I live my life and I end my life with this project." Throughout the four years spent on the film, a continuous series of problems plagued Herzog's efforts. Once he and his crew were forced to flee camp for their lives; later original actors Jason Robards and Mick Jagger pulled out, the former because of ill health, the latter for other commitments. Herzog had to start from scratch with a new lead, Klaus...
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...