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Burden of Dreams | Available to Stream on The Criterion Channel and Kanopy
Subject: A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo, showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have defeated a less obsessively driven director.
Our Take: Arguably more entertaining than the film it documents, what I love about Les Blank's Burden of Dreams is how it's unafraid to portray director Werner Herzog as ambitious, arrogant, brilliant, and insane all at the same time. — James
Subject: A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo, showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have defeated a less obsessively driven director.
Our Take: Arguably more entertaining than the film it documents, what I love about Les Blank's Burden of Dreams is how it's unafraid to portray director Werner Herzog as ambitious, arrogant, brilliant, and insane all at the same time. — James
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