BURDEN OF DREAMS is Les Blanks's fascinating chronicle of the making of Werner Herzog's FITZCARRALDO (1982), which was filmed in the jungles of Peru under the most arduous and crazed conditions imaginable.
In November 1979, Werner Herzog goes to Paraquitos in Peru to begin shooting scenes for his movie FITZCARRALDO, a fact-based story about an eccentric Irishman at the turn-of-the-century who dreamed of constructing an opera house in the Amazon and dragged an enormous riverboat over mountains and
through the jungle to accomplish the feat. A border war between Peru and Equador disrupts the filming, as do the power struggles of the native Indians, and in December,...
Released:
1982
Rated:
NR
Length:
94 mins