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Burden of dreams / a film by Les Blank with Maureen Gosling.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [United States] : Janus Films : Home Vision Entertainment, 2004.Description: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (77 p. ; 19 cm.)Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • A00800
Production credits:
  • Producer, director, Les Blank.
Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Mick Jagger.Summary: A chilling account of German filmmaker Werner Herzog?s obsession to complete the painfully plagued jungle shooting of his film ~(3y~(BFitzcarraldo~(S3~(B. Disaster after disaster befalls Herzog?s tale of a penniless opera-mad dreamer (Klaus Kinski) who risks everything to build a grand opera house in the jungle river port of Iquitos. Burden Of Dreams grows into a fascinating record of an obsessed genius and his battle to finish the project in the face of plane crashes, torrential rains, attacks by armed, hostile Indians, the loss of several leading actors, and the eruption of a full-fledged border war around him. A unique glimpse of where film mirrors reality as Herzog is actually experiencing what his lead character is meant to.
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DVD DVD Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore A00800 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) B36 Available A00800

Originally released in 1982.

Special features: audio commentary by Les Blank, Maureen Gosling and Werner Herzog; Dreams and burdens, a 38 minute interview with Werner Herzog; deleted scenes; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.

Producer, director, Les Blank.

Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Mick Jagger.

A chilling account of German filmmaker Werner Herzog?s obsession to complete the painfully plagued jungle shooting of his film ~(3y~(BFitzcarraldo~(S3~(B. Disaster after disaster befalls Herzog?s tale of a penniless opera-mad dreamer (Klaus Kinski) who risks everything to build a grand opera house in the jungle river port of Iquitos. Burden Of Dreams grows into a fascinating record of an obsessed genius and his battle to finish the project in the face of plane crashes, torrential rains, attacks by armed, hostile Indians, the loss of several leading actors, and the eruption of a full-fledged border war around him. A unique glimpse of where film mirrors reality as Herzog is actually experiencing what his lead character is meant to.

In English, German, Spanish and indigenous Peruvian languages, with optional English subtitles; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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