FILM 1253: BURDEN OF DREAMS
A documentary on the chaotic
production of Werner Herzog's
epic Fitzcarraldo (1982),
showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have
floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting
problems, losing both Jason Robards
(health) and Mick Jagger
(other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a
war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the
morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly.
Werner Herzog:
If I abandon this project, I would be a man without dreams and I don't want to
live like that.
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