Fitzcarraldo Comments

  • Bradford 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    3.5-. The similarity of Herzog's paranoia to Fitzcarraldo's is not a factor to consider when evaluating a film, just as metamorphic coincidences shouldn't be a plus. Other than that, the film has no bright spots. Although it is still quite good-looking, the interest comes more from the dramatic tension provided by the script and Kinski's performance, rather than the miracles on the video, so it belongs to the kind of strong setting. A driven, unreasonable romantic/dark comedy film, written in a...

  • Katheryn 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    lonely other. Repeatedly consuming life in meaningless acts like Sisyphus, it's just that Fitzcarraldo finds the meaning of life in the process of sailing on the road. "The person who is obsessed with meaningless things", it is good to have something to say. Don't want to compromise, you can only survive by being...

  • Kurt 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Chacun a son...

  • Hannah 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    If only I could be an idealistic paranoid dreamer like Herzog and Fitzcarrador. The right time, place and people will follow~ There is a question, Herzog really let the big ship pass through the mountains, but is it really okay to cut down so many trees? -...

  • Julius 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Money and religion are the two things that drive people crazy, but art completely conquers them. No matter what cultural background or religion one is in, the sense of accomplishment of man as the greatest being in nature is the most...

  • Clair 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The madness and dreams of the brainless fans. Savage and civilized. It is said that this lunatic Herzog really dragged a big ship over a mountain in order to make this movie. What he did was not a movie, but...

  • Alan 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Herzog always makes this kind of weird movie that strikes me as unreasonable. ....

  • Josue 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    Although the old film has lost some paragraphs, it still can't stop this exciting...

  • Leola 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    (Spoiler included) The brain made up a game. After the colonists landed in Minecraft, the vision was Pokemon-style 2D low-pixel. You are an ice maker and your ultimate mission is to build an opera house deep in the jungle. Sounds like a middle school game setting. You bought a boat with a wealthy businessman and got a big mechanic who doesn't talk much. Recruiting seamen, a drunk named Willie came, and when he got close to him, he said some crazy words. upstream. Go to the station first, rail...

  • Billie 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    It's better to see how this director wrote how to make a movie than to watch this movie. Another film that has been sealed on the altar, I can't watch it at all. If you want to ask me which old directors I prefer, I can only say that it is indeed Fellini who understood it early on, watched it, and was shocked. For a movie like this that can't be watched, forget...

Extended Reading
  • Tiana 2022-03-22 09:02:30

    dream with your hands

    Lay railroad tracks in big mountains, make ice blocks in tropical rainforests, sail boats on land, and finally build big theaters in the depths of rainforests. After reading the introduction for the first time, I always imagined how bloody and unrestrained the shots of the film should be. But the...

  • Mona 2022-03-21 09:02:48

    Purpose and Significance of Land Boating

    It belongs to a type of film whose meaning behind the scenes is far greater than the final presentation. It is difficult to imagine that a director would write such a script without the original work or a realistic prototype, and shoot it in a real-life way. This is not a movie at all, this is a...

Fitzcarraldo quotes

  • Don Aquilino: Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. This gentleman is harmless. He's just had a, a soul-stirring experience.

    Rubber Baron: Sir. My servants will conduct you to the kitchen. My dogs' cook will prepare you a meal. Thank you very much, sir. You were superb.

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': To your dogs' cook.

    [downs champagne glass]

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': To Verdi.

    [downs champagne glass]

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': To Rossini.

    [downs champagne glass]

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': To Caruso.

    [downs champagne glass]

    Rubber Baron: [picks up champagne glass] To Fitzcarraldo, the Conquistador of the Useless!

    [raises glass]

    Rubber Baron: Cheers!

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': As true as I am standing here, one day I shall bring grand opera to Iquitos. I will outgut you. I will outnumber you. I will outbillion you. I will outrubber you. I will outperform you. Sir, the reality of your world is nothing more than a rotten caricature of great opera.

    Molly: Fitz, Fitz, let's go. This man is no opponent. He's as dead as a doornail.

    Rubber Baron: Madam, I'm still standing firm on both my legs.

    Molly: You're a big game hunter, aren't you?

    Rubber Baron: What's that got to do with it?

    Molly: Then you should know: When you shoot an elephant, he sometimes stays on his legs for ten days before he topples over. Good night!

  • Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': How can anyone learn patriotism from a school book?

    Young Missionary: The Government requires it.

    Old Missionary: The natives get used to it. Like vaccination.

    Young Missionary: The children already feel like little Peruvians. The other day I asked them, "Are you Indians?" "No," they said, "not we, the ones up the river, they are Indians." And then I asked. "What are Indians?" "They said to me "Indians are people who can't read and who don't know how to wash their clothes."

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': And what about the older people?

    Old Missionary: Well, we can't seem to cure them of the idea that our everyday life is only an illusion, behind which lies the reality of dreams.

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': Actually, I'm very interested in these ideas. I specialise in opera myself.