Pros: Images of the Amazon, Jivaro Indians, and moving a ship over a mountain Cons: a bit overlong and overgenial
A decade after their great mad film “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” Director Werner Herzog and madman/actor Klaus Kinski back in Amazonia to make a film about another crazy project of wresting riches from the interior of South America. Could they top...
Pros: documentary of how not to move a boat over a mountain Cons: what's going on in Fitzcarraldo's mind?
It is reported that Jack Nicholson was originally slated to star in the film but left for whatever reasons, and after shooting with Jason Robards, Herzog replaced him with Klaus Kinski. After watching the documentary-styled film from 1982, shot in ...
Pros: Strong story, superlative direction by Herzog, excellent performance by Kinski, great ambiance and cinematography Cons: Can’t think of any
Fitzcarraldo is more like a feverish delirium than a movie. It will transport you into the wildness of the Amazon as well as engage you in the seeming insanity of the protagonist’s eccentric vision. It is a very entertaining excursion. ...
Pros: Direction, Script, Location, Music, Cinematography, The Ship, Mountain, & Cast, notably Kinski. Cons: None! It has a Ship Being Dragged on Top of a Mountain!!!!
Written and directed by Werner Herzog, Fitzcarraldo is the fourth and possibly, the greatest collaboration between Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski. The film tells the story of a man, in the turn of the century, who has dreams of bringing the opera ...
Pros: Kinski. Direction. Opera. Cons: Bittersaccharine ending. Not fully engaging until the gimmick arrives.
Writing a review about Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo might be comparable to the film's plot: Trying to haul a 300+-ton steamboat up a hill by the Amazon. The film's scope and product is mammoth, but what can one really say about it? Perhaps we ...
Pros: Lyrical, eloquent masterpiece about obsession. Cons: The making of this film is a study in exploitation.
Two scenes from this classic German film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski need to be dealt with immediately, but before I get into them, it is important to understand Herzog and Kinski as people.
Pros: Interesting protagonist. Some beautiful rainforest scenery. Cons: Uninspiring cinematography. Poor German dubbing and incomplete English subtitles. Plot inconsistencies.
Fitzcarraldo is a foreign movie written and directed by Werner Herzog. It is about Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (played by Klaus Kinsky), a German man with a strong passion for opera. He lives in the rainforest in Brazil during the early 1900s, and he...
Pros: a great story told more through visuals and motion than through dialogue, character. Interesting focus. Cons: none whatsoever
How two of the film world's most titanic egos, director Werner Herzog and star Klaus Kinski, could create , out of their legendary conflicts and turmoils a seminal movie about the mechanics and machinery necessary to create art and allow it to flourish...
Director Werner Herzog returns to the exotic locales and obsessive themes of previous works in his Amazon masterpiece, FITZCARRALDO. Klaus Kinski give...More at Meijer
Epinions.com periodically updates pricing and product information from third-party sources, so some information may be slightly out-of-date. You should confirm all information before relying on it.
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc.