Building an opera house in the depths of the jungle is no different from opening the way to the sea.

Chelsea 2022-03-21 09:02:48

Fitzgerald - the "crazy infatuated" character that Herzog persistently portrayed, is the embodiment of "crazy" in human nature.

Classical music is the sacredness and purity of his spiritual world.

He believed that this holiness could influence all the setbacks he encountered:

For the first time, playing classical music to white people at a high-class party in Peru leads to snubs and contempt;

The second time, encountered Indians on the Amazon River.

When the classical music is played, the savage Indians can appreciate the divinity in the music better than the so-called "high society".

Is the sailing part lengthy?

Yes

Does letting go but not taking it hurt the dramatic tension?

Maybe

But he dares to be obsessed and crazy.

The madman who split across the sea 3,000 years ago is now a prophet

What's the point of building a theater in the woods?

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Extended Reading
  • Lola 2022-03-23 09:02:50

    Finally saw the restored version on the big screen. Evaluating the grievances of Hersuo's charm with engineering feats alone, the film presents a religious "suffering" and creates a grand monument. Hersuo may be opposing a kind of god, and invisibly depicting a kind of god. All behaviors are "creations" that are rebellious to the end, and they are footnotes in every version of the world. The ending is also a stroke of genius. Miracles and voices are fleeting, not enough for outsiders

  • Gerardo 2022-03-15 09:01:05

    For the romantic name "Ship on the Land", Herzog's name and Kinsky's personal charm. The whole process reminded me that every time human beings project into space to explore the universe, they always play Beethoven's music. This process of exploring and spreading our own civilization is utilitarian, curious, brutal, passionate, and sometimes funny. The director presents everything in a frank and naive manner.

Fitzcarraldo quotes

  • Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': Is this a rubber tree?

    Don Aquilino: Right. "Hevea brasiliensis." They call the rubber tree "caoutchou," "tree that weeps." These bare-asses love flowery language. Gold, they call "sweat of the sun." Bees, "fathers of honey." You know, it's no easy job to discipline them, believe me.

  • Notary: Can I ask you a question of a personal nature? Do you really know what you're doing?

    Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': We're gonna do what nobody's ever done.

    Molly: We're going to be very, very rich.