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Call Number: DVD00703

by Les Blank; Werner Herzog; Maureen Gosling; Klaus Kinski; Candace Laughlin; Flower Films (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2005.

Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1982 (95 mins). Accompanying materials: One booklet (77 p. : map ; 19 cm.). Special features: New restored high-definition digital transfer ; Audio commentary ; interview with Herzog, “Dreams and burdens” ; film, “Werner Herzog eats his shoe” ; Deleted scenes ; Photo gallery ; Theatrical trailer ; New English subtitles ; Essay by Paul Arthur.

Summary: A documentary on the chaotic production of Wernor Herzog’s epic Fitzcarraldo(1982), showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting problems, losing both Jason Roberts (health) and Mick Jagger(other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly..

OCLC #: 62145615

Added: November 29, 2010