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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