Fitzcarraldo

Russell Hill

“The first of many Werner recs -- Fitzcarraldo is a source of endless inspiration for me. I've got this photo framed by my desk. Essentially Werner Herzog had a vision that, in his words, seized him "like the demented fury of a hound that has sunk its teeth into the leg of a deer carcass and is shaking and tugging." He wanted to make a film about an impossible endeavor, portaging a steamship over t”