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Burden of Dreams (1982)
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown round #2”. Read more about that here. Burden of Dreams For a moment I was almost thinking about rating this movie lower than what I actually did: a 9 out of 10. Maybe that was because the movie didn't exactly exceed my expectations, but it certainly was what I expected. And since I had seen Fizcarraldo and have listened to Werner Herzog speak about many different things I had been expecting a lot. I have said that I could listen to Herzog talk about almost anything. He is by far my favorite director to listen to his commentary tracks on DVDs of his movies. In fact I wish every DVD had a commentary track by Herzog, even if he had nothing to do with the film. It's partially his strange yet soothing accent, but mostly his amazing outlook on life and art. Even if I don't find all of his films the greatest, I am always fascinated by whatever he is doing and have so much respect for what he tries to do. And in this m ... "
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The transposition of dreams
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"Burden of Dreams is necessary. This is a story that needs a good telling and Les Blank was there to capture it. It was obvious to Herzog, who was willing to play Fitzcarraldo himself if necessary, that Fitzcarraldo is the director of an experience. Kinski and Bruno S. have both played Herzog stand-ins. It's always interesting to hear Herzog speak. He is sometimes wise, sometimes full of bluster. An authentic person always. Here the pithy moment comes when Herzog pontificates about the transposition of dreams. He creates a dream on film hoping that it corresponds to the dream we are having. Despite his own vehement denial of Freud and introspection and deams themselves, he sees at the core of art this attempt to express a collective mythical experience. He imagines himself a sort of midwife fulfilling the dictates of something he refuses to look at. He is not the sort to really break it down for you in an interview. He is a man of action. A do-er.Whatever you might think of Herz ... "
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"This is a list for Round 2 of my movie year countdown viewing project as first described here. If by any strange chance whoever is reading this is actually following along you may notice that I'm still less than two thirds of the way through my original one. Well I'm starting this new one because as much as I love old movies it can get a little tedious watching just older movies. So I'm going to be blending my watching of the two lists together. Still focusing on the original one, but every once in a while sliding in the next entry from this new list.Again these new movies are limited to full length movies that are available on Netflix. And for this new round instead of picking a movie from every year, I will be picking a movie from every two years. For example the first movie must have come out during 2006 or 2007. The second movie must have come out in 2004 or 2005. The next in 2002 or 2003. You see.The list is not finished yet, but here is what I have decide ... "
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"In 1979 Werner Herzog set out to make Fittzcarraldo, a story about a caucho era rubber baron who tried to pull a steam ship over a mountain to bring opera to Quito. This a documentary about that shoot.With everything from native indian attacks, wild accusations about Herzog executing workers en masse, less than competant engineers, last minute recasting, screaming fits from the lead actor, and cost overages, the last thing Herzog had to worry about was actually pulling a real boat over a real mountain. Yet, he achieved that, and finished his film to boot. Burden of Dreams is a window into the mind of a mad genius. Herzog is shown as an artist so clear about his art that he will literally and metaphorically push himself, and those around him, to the brink of destruction. Director Les Blank's camera finds him at the production's most honest points. He chooses to focus on the lives of the natives that have come to take part in the film, as much as on Kinski and the director. W ... "
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"My Best Fiend was made by Werner Herzog after Klaus Kinski's death and chronicles the tumultuous relationship between the director and the actor most often associated with him. Together they made five films over a 15 year period, but their connection extends much deeper into childhood, when they lived together for a short while. As Herzog dissects his friend it becomes clear that Kinski was more than a raving lunatic or mad genius. He was a man tormented by his desire to succeed and his will to dominate, a man forever impatient with those who he saw as standing in his way. What emerges over the course of the documentary is how complimentary the two truly were. Only Herzog seems capable of withstanding Kinski's fits, and pushing him to his greatest acting achievements. In his heart Kinski knew that he needed someone as equally obstinate as himself to drive him forward. This truth served as the bedrock for a friendship that would endure twin murder plots, threats of film sabo ... "
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"1. Jaws (1975)What more can be said about this film. This film never gets old, and it's still just as frightening today as it was on my first viewing. Unbelievable direction (understatement of the year).2. Fitzcarraldo (1982)The greatest scene in this film has a boat in it, but the boat is being pulled over a mountain (does that still count). An incredibly ambitious film about an incredibly ambitious man. 3. Lifeboat (1944)When the whole movie takes place in a life boat you better have a great story, and a great cast. Thankfully it's Hitchcock, so the tension and suspense is always building. 4. The African Queen (1951) Boogie and Hepburn on the run from German troupes. Battling crocodiles, rapids, and everything else that the African jungle throws at them. Huston makes a film that goes into my small list of perfect films. 5. Burden Of Dreams (1982)I'm gonna throw a curve ball here. Les Bank's documentary chronicling the production of Fitzcarraldo is a perfect exa ... "
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