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Burden Of Dreams

1982, Movie, NR, 94 mins

Burden Of Dreams: Review

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 riverb... read more leave a comment