Many things changed since this film was shot in Iquitos and around, but the spirit of Fitcarraldo still present.
''Burden of Dreams'' documentary Produced by Les Blank, close-up of Werner Herzog at work in the Peruvian Amazon jungle.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Burden of Dreams
My trip to Peruvian Amazon Basin was inspired by Werner Herzog's movie "Fitcarraldo". Film about Irish rubber baron named Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald. He had a dream to build an opera house in Iquitos, Peru, then bring Caruso to perform there. To make money for his grandiose project he came up with idea to pull a steamship over a mountain from one river to another in order to reach a rubber tree field.
Many things changed since this film was shot in Iquitos and around, but the spirit of Fitcarraldo still present.
''Burden of Dreams'' documentary Produced by Les Blank, close-up of Werner Herzog at work in the Peruvian Amazon jungle.
Many things changed since this film was shot in Iquitos and around, but the spirit of Fitcarraldo still present.
''Burden of Dreams'' documentary Produced by Les Blank, close-up of Werner Herzog at work in the Peruvian Amazon jungle.
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