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Burden of Dreams (1982)
An extraordinary feature-length documentary about the messianic German director Werner Herzog struggling against desperate odds in the Amazon basin to make his epic feature, Fitzcarraldo. Burden of Dreams was honored with a British Academy Award for Best Documentary of 1982, and many critics consider it Blank's most awesome film. 94 minutes. ISBN: 0-933621-05-1. Universities and University Libraries: $99.00 El Pesar de los Sueños (a Spanish voice-over-only version) in DVD : $29.95 Criterion/Janus Films DVD transferred from film in high definition with 'extras': $39.95 Read a review of Burden of Dreams
Derek Malcolm (of The Guardian, in London), picks his 'Century of Films' and names
Burden of Dreams
as one of the best 100 films of the 20th century. Click the link to read his review.
Werner Herzog is forging ahead in his unique cinematic quest for truth. In this recent article: |