Random Acts of Cinema

287 - Burden of Dreams (1982)


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Director Les Blank turns his unsparing eye on obsessive visionary director Werner Herzog as he trudges through a years-long journey to film Fitzcarraldo in the South American rainforest. Everything that can go wrong does, and Herzog, the film, and the viewers are left to ponder: is all this worth it? Maybe it is, but since this is the only Herzog-related film in the Collection, we're thrilled for the chance to discuss one of the defining auteurs of the late 20th century.

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If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing John Frankenheimer's Manchurian Candidate (1962).

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