Burden Of Dreams (DVD)
APPROX. 95 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1982 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | May 10, 2005 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Video: | Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
| Audio: |
German: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Subtitles: | English |
Special Features
- Audio commentary by director Les Blank and editor and sound recordist Maureen Gosling - also featuring Werner Herzog Eats His Shoes (1980), an early show documentary by Blank featuring Werner Herzog fulfilling a bet
- Deleted Scenes
- Gallery or set location photos by Maureen Gosling
- A book featuring excerpts from Les Blank and Maureen Gosling’s journal entries on the set of Fitzcarraldo and a new essay by film scholar Paul Arthur
- Theatrical trailer
Synopsis
For nearly five years, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog desperately tried to complete the most ambitious and difficult film of his career - Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man’s attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Documentary filmmaker Les Blank captured the unfolding of this production, made all the more perilous by Herzog’s determination to shoot the most daunting scenes without models or special effects, including a sequence requiring hundreds of natives to pull a full-sized, 320-ton steamship over a small mountain. The result is an extraordinary document of the filmmaking process and a unique look into the single-minded passion of one of cinema’s most fearless directors.
Cast & Crew
Criterion/Voyager
presents
Werner HerzogKlaus Kinski
"Burden Of Dreams"
Written byOja Kodar
Production Year: 1982
"Burden Of Dreams"
Written byOja Kodar
Production Year: 1982
