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The local Machiguenga Indians
are cooperative... but Herzog's problems
are far from over. The upper Amazon tributaries are too shallow
for large ships to use unless they're flooded. Originally, Herzog had planned to shoot
during the rainy season... when the rivers would have been
high enough for him to move his ships. But all the delays have thrown him
badly off schedule. By now the rainy season is over... and the rivers are falling fast. He has no choice.
Ifhe waits, the film will collapse
are cooperative... but Herzog's problems
are far from over. The upper Amazon tributaries are too shallow
for large ships to use unless they're flooded. Originally, Herzog had planned to shoot
during the rainy season... when the rivers would have been
high enough for him to move his ships. But all the delays have thrown him
badly off schedule. By now the rainy season is over... and the rivers are falling fast. He has no choice.
Ifhe waits, the film will collapse
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The local Machiguenga Indians
are cooperative...
00:00:04.044 --> 00:00:07.256
but Herzog's problems
are far from over.
00:00:07.382 --> 00:00:12.302
The upper Amazon tributaries are too shallow
for large ships to use unless they're flooded.
00:00:12.428 --> 00:00:15.431
Originally, Herzog had planned to shoot
during the rainy season...
00:00:15.556 --> 00:00:18.934
when the rivers would have been
high enough for him to move his ships.
00:00:19.001 --> 00:00:21.729
But all the delays have thrown him
badly off schedule.
00:00:21.854 --> 00:00:23.814
By now the rainy season is over...
00:00:23.939 --> 00:00:26.999
and the rivers are falling fast.
00:00:26.108 --> 00:00:30.362
He has no choice.
Ifhe waits, the film will collapse.
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Movie Summary
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).
