Fitzcarraldo

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Milo T @ShapelessScreamingBag Oct 18, 2026 Any film with Herzog and Kinski is sure to be fantastic on some level, whether its the sheer spectacle, the larger-than-life characters, or the absolute hubris being detailed in the plot. There's a little of each of those things in "Fitzcarraldo." Other reviews (on RT and elsewhere) have said this movie is a lesser version of Herzog and Kinski's "Aguirre" and in a lot of ways I have to agree, but one movie doesn't replace the other. "Fitzcarraldo" is much more focused on the drive and ambitions of achieving something great that can be enjoyed in one's own lifetime. This added urgency of not just overcoming nature but of living to enjoy one's own success grounds the movie more in reality, in my opinion. This movie is a must-see for anyone who wants to examine a man against himself, in a hell of his own making, as only Herzog can describe. See more

Dave V @liveevil Oct 2, 2026 I knew that Werner Herzog was a special kind of demented genius,but until I saw this masterpiece I didn't know how much of a demented genius he was.Klaus Kinski is so awesome that you are just transfixed on his performance. See more

Alain E @AlainE Sep 8, 2026 A movie about monomaniacal obsession. A German immigrant in South America comes with the idea of moving a river boat over a hill into a second river in order to avoid navigating through some falls. Although the idea sounds cockamamie the plan eventually is crowned by success. He is assisted in this endeavor by a local tribe who see in him the embodiment of a religious belief. Although in the beginning he entertained plans of translating the accomplishment into business in the end he sells the boat to finance a performance of an opera. The locals are not treated as victims in the story despite the objections of many later day anticolonialists. On Cineverse. See more

Kyle M @RT77296778 Aug 9, 2026 Werner Herzog’s topical exploration towards indigenous tribes is appreciatively underlying with questionable focus when the ambitiously conceptual forefront gradually dissolve its compelling edge and continuously walking at a pedestrian pace through lingering scenery, comparable to "2001: A Space Odyssey" landed in "Apocalypse Now" without the similar grip tightened in "The Wage of Fear". (B-) See more

Sigmund A. @Arkol Jun 23, 2026 Fitzcarraldo. He loves Italian opera. See more

Hans H. @HansHans May 10, 2026 Who would even think of taking a boat over a mountain but to make a movie of it wins the top award for audacity. Well done! See more

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