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Burden of Dreams

A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).

Director

Les Blank

Year

Genre

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N/A

Production

Flower Films,José Koechlin von Stein

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Film Award4 wins & 1 nomination total

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The Amazon jungle is disappearing fast - Burden of Dreams

The Amazon jungle is disappearing fast

The ongoing invasion of thejungle
has made the Aguaruna Indians... - Burden of Dreams

The ongoing invasion of thejungle has made the Aguaruna Indi...

We are necessary
as an enemy that can be beaten... - Burden of Dreams

We are necessary as an enemy that can be beaten...

Sensing imminent danger, Herzog pulls
most ofhis film crew out of thejungle. - Burden of Dreams

Sensing imminent danger, Herzog pulls most ofhis film crew o...

We want the opera in Iquitos We want the opera in Iquitos - Burden of Dreams

We want the opera in Iquitos We want the opera in Iquitos

And therefore since I cannot prove a lover - Burden of Dreams

And therefore since I cannot prove a lover

If I abandon this project I would be a man without dreams - Burden of Dreams

If I abandon this project I would be a man without dreams

In April, 1981... - Burden of Dreams

In April, 1981...

Stop. Stop, stop, stop. - Burden of Dreams

Stop. Stop, stop, stop.

Bananas.! - Burden of Dreams

Stop. - Burden of Dreams

- I picture from this time -
- Klaus Kinski, the new Fitzcarraldo... - Burden of Dreams

- I picture from this time - - Klaus Kinski, the new Fitzcar...

The local Machiguenga Indians
are cooperative... - Burden of Dreams

The local Machiguenga Indians are cooperative...

Pucallpa, Camisea. - Burden of Dreams

Pucallpa, Camisea.

Fitzcarraldo plans to finance his opera
house with profits from the rubber boom. - Burden of Dreams

Fitzcarraldo plans to finance his opera house with profits f...

How much do you think
this stinking stuff weighs? - Burden of Dreams

How much do you think this stinking stuff weighs?

To act in front of a camera gives me physical pleasure - Burden of Dreams

To act in front of a camera gives me physical pleasure

With the river this low,
the slightest error in navigation... - Burden of Dreams

With the river this low, the slightest error in navigation.....

There's nothing wrong with the engine.
There's just not enough ballast in. - Burden of Dreams

There's nothing wrong with the engine. There's jus...

With the ship
run aground in the shallows... - Burden of Dreams

With the ship run aground in the shallows...

In this case we will probably have one of the last feature films - Burden of Dreams

In this case we will probably have one of the last feature...

I don't want to live in a in a world where there are no lions anymore - Burden of Dreams

I don't want to live in a in a world where there are no...

I'm I'm run I'm running out of fantasy - Burden of Dreams

I'm I'm run I'm running out of fantasy

While the raiding party is away... - Burden of Dreams

While the raiding party is away...

Were you afraid of the gringos when you came here - Burden of Dreams

Were you afraid of the gringos when you came here

This scene is the first real contact
between Fitzcarraldo and the natives. - Burden of Dreams

This scene is the first real contact between Fitzcarraldo an...

That everyday life is only an illusion - Burden of Dreams

That everyday life is only an illusion

The women were getting madder and madder - Burden of Dreams

The women were getting madder and madder

All through the upper Amazon,
Indians drink masato... - Burden of Dreams

All through the upper Amazon, Indians drink masato...

Masato is also a ceremonial liquor
that seals every important agreement. - Burden of Dreams

Masato is also a ceremonial liquor that seals every importan...

He wants you to drink it. - Burden of Dreams

He wants you to drink it.

- Oh!
- It doesn't matter. They'll make another one. - Burden of Dreams

- Oh! - It doesn't matter. They'll make another on...

The Indians agree to make a few bows and arrows for Kinski - Burden of Dreams

The Indians agree to make a few bows and arrows for Kinski

We must level the ground. - Burden of Dreams

We must level the ground.

The bulldozer cutting the path through
thejungle uses 150 gallons of fuel a day- - Burden of Dreams

The bulldozer cutting the path through thejungle uses 150 ga...

With the topsoil bulldozed away... - Burden of Dreams

With the topsoil bulldozed away...

Most of the Indians
signed on for three months... - Burden of Dreams

Most of the Indians signed on for three months...

The film crew is just as
bored as the Indians. - Burden of Dreams

The film crew is just as bored as the Indians.

To be safe, let's all stay here... - Burden of Dreams

To be safe, let's all stay here...

If we have to push the boat... - Burden of Dreams

If we have to push the boat...

Everybody out of here.
Quick! Quick! - Burden of Dreams

Everybody out of here. Quick! Quick!

It works. - Burden of Dreams

- But it didn't work.
- Something broke. - Burden of Dreams

- But it didn't work. - Something broke.

Right here. - Burden of Dreams

What do I do now? Jump in the water? - Burden of Dreams

What do I do now? Jump in the water?

Herzog is stranded in thejungle with a 300 ton steamship that won't move - Burden of Dreams

Herzog is stranded in thejungle with a 300 ton steamship...

Kinski always says it's full of - Burden of Dreams

Kinski always says it's full of

Beautus, look here.
This is how you can stop it again. - Burden of Dreams

Beautus, look here. This is how you can stop it again.

- Paul.
- Yeah. - Burden of Dreams

- Paul. - Yeah.

Klaus, come over here.! It was okay.
Watch out. - Burden of Dreams

Klaus, come over here.! It was okay. Watch out.

If I believed in the devil I would say the devil was right here - Burden of Dreams

If I believed in the devil I would say the devil was right...

I shouldn't make movies anymore - Burden of Dreams

I shouldn't make movies anymore

It's not only my dreams - Burden of Dreams

It's not only my dreams

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A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).

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Director: Les Blank

Writer: Michael Goodwin

Production: Flower Films,José Koechlin von Stein

Genre: documentary

Year: 1982

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Sep 1982

Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Film Award4 wins & 1 nomination total

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