Have a dream, have you?

Houston 2022-03-22 09:02:30

The image quality of the resources found makes me cry. If it is ultra-clear, you can even make a documentary, which is crazy. But this quality viewing experience is a bit of a pain.

I think there's a frenzy in Kinsky's eyes.

The woman who ran the brothel, the best mechanic, the cook who was drunk all day, Fitzgerald, Caruso's underdresser, and the Indians. I actually don't understand what they're doing. But when the steamship really moved slowly on land, I was completely shocked.

The Indians are so quiet. Years later, the new chief, who was once a child, will calmly recall the scene when they helped a crazy white man make the boat cross the mountain. At that time, the chief held the ice expressionlessly and began to smell it. , began to caress, began to feel the water that melted and dripped because of the temperature of his hands, and then he turned to the tribe, and the tribe was silent as if they saw God's creation after the disappearance of human beings, and there was no ice in their language.

When they were first in the jungle, what these intruders had to encounter was actually full of dangers and hidden dangers. Every conquest in human history is full of bloodshed and violence, and when there is conquest, there will be resistance. In the Indian world, tropical rain forest means "the unfinished land of God". They believe that only when human beings disappear, God will come back to complete his work, so they think this land is sacred and inviolable. White people who only want to come for gold are invaders in their hearts. So why didn't the Indians resist their entry? Why would they still help this white man. Rubber tycoon and Fitzgerald have a very interesting dialogue, he said, you and I are both adventurers. Fitzgerald replied, no, you are. This is actually a good answer to the question of why the Indians would help him. Although Fitzgerald also brought modern Western civilization to the land of the Indians, his purpose was not to conquer this rainforest. He was obsessed with opera and Caruso. His dream was only to build an opera house. is a non-aggressive purpose related to art. The Indians believed that God would lead them to a place without grief and death, and Fitzgerald believed that a boat on land would quell the wrath of God and build his dream opera house. The singing from his gramophone was acceptable to the rainforest, and the Indians regarded the boat as an artifact, in the same way Fitzgerald did with the phonograph. Although they put their faith in external things, they all have faith, they are all dreamers, and their adventures and madness are all to pursue the dream in their hearts. And those "adventurers" have nothing but conquest and plunder, the tree of tears...

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  • Kurt 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Chacun a son Fitzcarrador~

  • Kaylie 2022-03-23 09:02:50

    #HKIFF# Crazy idealism/idealistic madness, civilization/ancient, man/god, boat on land/walk on water, drama/documentary, no absolute dichotomy anymore.

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.