The protagonist of the film is Fitzcarardo, a fan of Caruso's opera, an incorrigible idealist, a practicalist who puts his ideals into practice, and at the same time combines his actions , We might also say that he is a highly creative performance artist. At the beginning of the film, he danced like a star chaser to catch a Caruso opera, and danced and begged the guard to let him in. Then, he expressed his lofty ideals, or wishful thinking, to build an opera house in a small town in the tropical rain forest and let Caruso perform its premiere. Undoubtedly, such a move is an infeasible plan for people who are extremely "normal" like me. Without mentioning the specific implementation, first of all, this requires a lot of money, a lot of money, but our Mr. Fitzcarardo He wasn't a man of oil or real estate. He was just an ice maker at the time, and a huge sum of money could not be obtained by ice. So he started lobbying, but for real business people who regard profit as their life, what our protagonist provides is neither a commercially viable business plan nor a charitable project that can create a good reputation. When I saw this, I did not feel that these businessmen were ruthless or stupid, because if I am a businessman, how can I think that building a theater in the rainforest is a career that can be invested? How can such a project get the wind today? Vote? So, understandably, Fitzcarardo has become a laughing stock, and even his love of opera has become a place of ridicule.
Fitzcarardo is lonely, because his ideas are not tolerated by most people, and at the same time, he is lucky because he also has fellow people to walk with him. For example, his confidante, Mrs. Molly who runs a brothel, has always supported her idealistic lover, both financially and spiritually. Idealistic men usually make women love and hate, because the thinking and behavior of such people are different from ordinary people, so they have a kind of attractive and unique charm; at the same time, they are desperate for ideals, and they can even disregard love's solo style and stubborn personality. Become a sad trait again. In this film, we see more of the former, a crazy idealist who loves a woman deeply. In order to get enough money, he has to go deep into the jungle and try to collect rubber. So he set off on the road, met another companion, an experienced old captain, and his most legendary story began. He led the boat upstream and suffered the fear of being attacked by the indigenous people along the way. His crew ran away in one day, but he and the people who remained behind continued to move forward, and even got a lot of help from the indigenous people by virtue of the indigenous myths. We can find that even those who follow Fitzcarando do not agree with his ideals, but are more inspired by his spiritual power. Therefore, he always turns into good fortune in adversity, and can even make a group of others. The indigenous people work for it, with such charisma and will, perhaps in the eyes of this dreamer, there is nothing impossible in the world, such as dragging a big ship over a high mountain!
"A boat on land" is far from a romantic mood in this film. Fitzcarando and others instructed a group of indigenous people to lay the rails and design power plants with difficulty. Here, they have always been good at thinking. Fitzcarando gave full play to his strengths. Many people had no choice but to dream, but he had a down-to-earth spirit, so with ingenious design and hard work, at the sacrifice of some people's lives, finally, the ship overturned the mountains and slowly sailed into the water. . The picture of this scene is very sacred, the boat slowly and swaying into the water, accompanied by carol-like music, people can't help but admire such a miracle. It’s worth mentioning that in this movie, the people who helped Fitzcarardo complete her dream were largely indigenous people who were ignorant in the eyes of civilized people. Even Fitzcarardo himself could not understand "Why are they like dogs? Work for us the same." Herzog’s films often ridicule the so-called civilization. According to my understanding, it also ridicules modern civilization. The reason why the indigenous people do something that "civilized people" seems absurd is that they still believe in it. Miracles, believe in myths, they have not "reasonably" lost their dreams. Therefore, Fitzcarardo in civilized society is like a "barbarian" who despises the people around him. Therefore, when he came to the rainforest and came to a place far away from civilized society, he appeared to be more like a fish in water. In this amazing pioneering work , His eyes shined, he was so excited, he could finally put his dream into practice happily. In the end, even though the opera house has not yet been built, Caruso is here, the opera is here, and an opera begins on his ship that symbolizes dreams across the mountains. And Fitzcarardo, watching the miracle he made with one hand, went home as a victorious dreamer, and oncoming him was the running confidant Molly. At the end of his life, his husband could not ask for anything.
Director Herzog is a man full of passion and dreams. In this film, he did not have the ability to render passion and make the film out of control. The rhythm of the film is more like an opera. It is not so intense, but from time to time it elicits conflicts and slowly returns to calm. The beauty of the rainforest and the opera sings inserted from time to time make this film a sacred aesthetic. Kinsky appears to be "splendid" in this film a lot, and even at the beginning of the film looks like a child, but the more passionate he gets later, and a kind of perseverance also makes him very charismatic. In the beginning, the film did not delineate Kinsky as the leading actor, but in the end he performed the role of this persistent dreamer brilliantly, full of passion without appearing manic. What’s more amazing is of course the filming process of this movie. Herzog actually took a group of people to tow a big boat over the mountain. He seemed to be trying to prove that the Lord is not the dogma of making a film. Persevering in your dreams is not just to tell a sensational story with stunts or camera splicing, but to tell you that I did it too. I really dragged a big ship over the mountains, absolutely unity of knowledge and action. Therefore, I want to pay tribute to a lunatic like Herzog, who has completed a very inspiring performance art through the shooting process of a movie. If you often wonder if you are "not practical enough" because you have some weird ideas, then you can watch "Boating on Land". Compared with repairing an opera house in the rainforest, tugboating over the mountain, your thinking should be normal. ; If you just lie in bed all day and get excited about weird thoughts, then you can watch "Ship by Land", because whether it is building a railway that runs through the Inca Mountains, making ice in the rainforest, or building a theater, he has thought of it. At the same time, be prepared and put it into practice. Perhaps you should jump up and do activities; if you are frustrated by others because of your weird ideas, then you can watch "Ark on the Land". Zicarado has been so miserable that it has been ridiculed by and abandoned by the entire society, so you can face the ridicule of others with your smile; if you suffer from setbacks on the road to achieve your ideal, then you can read "The Boat", Fitzcarando goes deep into the barren, in order to let the ship pass the mountain, he faced setbacks and persevered to his life, so you might as well grit your teeth and fight to the end with a spirit of death.
"Traveling on the Land", a movie full of dreams, when we have "sane" or "realistic" dreams, see how the madman like Herzog, Fitzcarando, interprets a legend of the tropical rainforest , How to make dreams cross the mountains and reach the other shore, perhaps to dilute the reason appropriately, we will find another scenery in life.
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