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Aguirre, the Wrath of God

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1973)

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Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 29  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
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Based on the journals of Brother Gaspar de Carvajal, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD is director Werner Herzog's hallucinatory tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru. When the travellers reach an impasse, a scouting party is... [More]
Based on the journals of Brother Gaspar de Carvajal, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD is director Werner Herzog's hallucinatory tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru. When the travellers reach an impasse, a scouting party is assembled to search for any traces of the mythical empire. As they attempt to forge their way through the dense jungle, more and more of the party falls ill while their ruthless leader, Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), grows increasingly insane. Widely considered to be Herzog's finest film, AGUIRRE, which shares much in common with Francis Ford Coppola's APOCALYPSE NOW, highlights the director's visionary approach to filmmaking. Like Coppola's film, accounts of AGUIRRE's shooting are laced with legendary incidents, such as the time Herzog reportedly held a gun to Kinski's head to get him to finish a scene. Whatever transpired between Herzog and Kinski, it made for astonishing cinema, as evidenced by the actor's haunting performance and the entire film's powerfully hypnotic mood. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro

Director: Werner Herzog
Screenwriter: Werner Herzog
Producer: Werner Herzog

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 24, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - German
  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1.Werner Herzog - Director

Trailers:

  • Original Theatrical Trailer

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  • Talent Bios

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05/05/07 03:36 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Potheads who watch this will probably check their stash the next morning to see if any of it's gone.

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04/09/07 03:15 AM
Rob Gonsalves
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A seminal film without which we almost cerainly would not have with us either Apocalypse Now or much of the ouevre of Terence Malick.

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10/20/06 12:00 PM
Dan Jardine
Cinemania
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Aguirre, Wrath of God is not just a great movie but an essential one.

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10/17/06 12:54 PM
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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A saga of adventurers driven headlong into annihilation by their own hubris and desire for immortality.

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10/03/06 06:50 AM
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
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One of the best films ever made.

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07/08/06 03:39 AM
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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Takes us into a visually stunning and surreal Heart of Darkness adventure.

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04/07/06 10:35 AM
Dennis Schwartz
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Herzog jams brilliant madness into every scene.

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10/07/05 09:38 PM
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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[A]n anti-epic about European conquest that, while based in part on ... an ill-fated historical expedition, is as macabre as a Poe story.

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09/26/05 04:39 PM
Alan Dale
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07/26/05 09:53 AM
Emanuel Levy
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04/28/05 03:23 PM
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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It's a testament to the genius of Aguirre: The Wrath of God that its genesis has spawned its own creation mythology.

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04/19/05 09:24 PM
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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11/19/04 08:17 AM
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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Extraordinary adventure in the Andean jungles

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05/20/04 08:12 AM
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
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03/09/04 09:50 AM
Aaron Hillis
Premiere Magazine
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03/04/04 04:04 PM
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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One of the pre-eminent achievements in world cinema, as far as I'm concerned.

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08/15/03 03:20 PM
Nick Davis
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This is a splendid and haunting work.

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05/20/03 05:22 PM
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Depicted conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro is driven, pompous, and partially ignorant – traits mirrored in director Werner Herzog for leading his crew into identical endurances. His resulting work is a vision of rare audacity.

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12/03/02 08:34 AM
Rumsey Taylor
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08/27/02 10:55 AM
Jeet Thayil
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