Fitzcarraldo (1982)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:17
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 37 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Werner Herzog returns to the exotic locales and obsessive themes of previous works in his Amazon masterpiece, FITZCARRALDO. Klaus Kinski gives a terrifying and determined portrayal of mad... [More]
Starring: Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy, Claudia Cardinale, Miguel Angel Fuentes
Director: Werner Herzog
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Reviews for Fitzcarraldo
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The film may have been intended as an ironic comment on the absurdity of human ambition, but it's an irony that explodes in Herzog's face. Full Review |
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Awesome, hypnotic storytelling, Fitzcarraldo finds this director working in top form Full Review |
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If you have a dream, the only way to accomplish it is to face it head on. If your dream requires you to drag a massive boat up a mountainside, do it. So says director Werner Herzog in the bizarre but captivating Fitzcarraldo. Full Review |
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As a document of a quest and a dream, and as the record of man's audacity and foolish, visionary heroism, there has never been another movie like it. Full Review |
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If there's a point to this, it's what Herzog's point always is: That obsession can drive you nuts. I'm not sure I needed a freaky German traipsing through the jungle for 2 1/2 hours to drive that point home. Full Review |
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Fitzcarraldo is a more objective record of a comparable fever dream, and as such is the preeminent testament of Herzog’s labor as a filmmaker. Full Review |
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It's a stunning spectacle, an adventure-comedy not quite like any other, and the most benign movie ever made about 19th-century capitalism running amok. Full Review |
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A mesmerizing and engaging work of art about the adventures of a wild-eyed Irish dreamer in the exotic jungle world of the upper Amazon. Full Review |
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