| Fitzcarraldo | |
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 Fitzcarraldo DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Werner Herzog |
| Produced by | Werner Herzog Renzo Rossellini Walter Saxer Willi Segler Lucki Stipetic |
| Written by | Werner Herzog |
| Starring | Klaus Kinski Claudia Cardinale |
| Music by | Popol Vuh |
| Cinematography | Thomas Mauch |
| Editing by | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
| Release date(s) | 4 March 1982 (West Germany) |
| Running time | 158 min. Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Renzo Rossellini ( 2 February 1908 - 13 May 1982) was an Italian Film score composer Lucki Stipetić (also Lucki Herzog) is a film producer and the younger Half brother of filmmaker Werner Herzog. Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen Claudia Cardinale (born April 15, 1938) is an Italian actress born in Tunis, Tunisia. Popol Vuh was a German Krautrock band founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1970 together with Holger Trulzsch (percussion and Frank Fiedler Thomas Mauch (born 4 April, 1937 in Heidenheim, Germany) is a German Cinematographer, who has had numerous collaborations Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus is a German film editor, who has had numerous collaborations with director Werner Herzog. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( |
| Country |  West Germany |
| Language | English German (alternate version) |
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Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman called Fitzcarraldo in Peru, who has to pull a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber territory. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The film is derived from the real-life story of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald.
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Story
Brian "Fitzcarraldo" Fitzgerald, a European living in a small city in Peru in the early part of the 20th century, has a great love of opera and an indomitable spirit. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. He is a great fan of the famous tenor Enrico Caruso and he dreams of building an opera house in his city of Iquitos. Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February 25 1873 &ndash August 2 1921) was an Italian Opera singer An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes Iquitos is the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest, with a population of 370962 This will require a lot of money, and the most profitable industry in Peru at the time is rubber. The areas known to contain rubber trees have been parceled up by the Peruvian government and can be leased for exploitation.
Fitzcarraldo investigates getting into the rubber business. He is shown a map by a helpful but annoying rubber baron, who points out the only remaining unclaimed parcel in the area. He explains why no one has yet claimed the parcel: while it straddles the Ucayali River, the parcel is cut off from the Amazon by a treacherous set of rapids. Alternative use Ucayali Region The Ucayali River, which rises about 110 km (70 miles north of Lake Titicaca, is a branch of the RAPID is an acronym for Rural Address Property IDentification a scheme instituted in New Zealand to assist emergency services in identifying and locating rural properties However, Fitzcarraldo notices that the Pachitea River, another Amazon tributary, comes within several hundred meters to the Ucayali upstream of the parcel. [1]
To make his dream a reality, he leases the inaccessible parcel from the government. With the selfless underwriting of his paramour and brothel owner, Molly (Claudia Cardinale), he buys a steamer (which he christens the Molly Aida) from the same rubber baron, raises a crew and sets off up the Pachitea, the parallel river. Claudia Cardinale (born April 15, 1938) is an Italian actress born in Tunis, Tunisia. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth This river is known to be more dangerous the further one gets from the Amazon because of the unfriendly tribes that inhabit the area. Fitzcarraldo's plan is to reach the point where the two rivers nearly meet and then, with the manpower of enlisted natives, physically pull his three-story, 320-ton steamer over the muddy 40° hillside across an isthmus, from one river to the next. [2] Using the steamer, he will then collect rubber on the upper Ucayali and bring it down the Pachitea to market.
The story was inspired by the real life Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald; in the 1890s, Fitzcarrald did bring a steamship across an isthmus from one river into another, but it weighed only 30 tons and he had it dismantled before doing so. [3][2]
Production
In his autobiographical film Portrait Werner Herzog, Herzog has stated that the film's spectacular production was partly inspired by the engineering feats of ancient standing stones. Portrait Werner Herzog ( Werner Herzog Filmemacher) is an autobiographical Short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986 Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly Megaliths ' because of their large and cumbersome size are solitary stones set vertically in the The film was an incredible ordeal, and famously involved moving a 320-ton steamship over a hill without the use of special effects. Herzog believes that no one has ever performed a similar feat in history, and likely never will again, calling himself "Conquistador of the Useless". [4] Scenes were also shot onboard the ship while it crashed through rapids, injuring three of the six people involved in the filming. Two full-size ships were created for the making of the film.
The casting of the film was also quite difficult. Jason Robards was originally cast in the title role, but he became ill and was forced to leave. Jason Nelson Robards Jr, ( July 26, 1922 &ndash December 26, 2000) was an American Actor. Herzog then considered casting Jack Nicholson, and even playing Fitzcarraldo himself, before Klaus Kinski accepted the role. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen By that point, forty percent of shooting was complete and Herzog insisted on a total reshoot with Kinski. Mick Jagger was originally cast as Fitzcarraldo's assistant Wilbur, but his shooting schedule expired and he departed to tour with the Rolling Stones. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Herzog dropped Jagger's character from the script and reshot the film from the beginning. Though none of the major cast members spoke English natively, the original soundtrack was recorded in English, as it was the only language common to the lead actors. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States
Klaus Kinski himself was a major source of tension, as he fought with Herzog and other members of the crew and greatly upset the native extras. In his documentary My Best Fiend, Herzog says that one of the native chiefs offered to murder Kinski for him, but that he declined because he needed Kinski to complete filming. My Best Fiend ( German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski, literally My Dearest Enemy - Klaus Kinski) is a 1999 Documentary
Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams, about the production of the film, documents these many hardships. Les Blank (b 27 November 1935, Tampa, Florida, United States) is an American documentary filmmaker best known Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Burden of Dreams (1982 is a feature-length documentary and making-of directed by Les Blank, shot during and about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog Blank's footage, which also appears in Herzog's Portrait Werner Herzog and My Best Fiend contains some of the only surviving footage of Robards and Jagger in Fitzcarraldo and many scenes documenting the ship's journey over the mountain, along with several episodes of Kinski's raving. My Best Fiend ( German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski, literally My Dearest Enemy - Klaus Kinski) is a 1999 Documentary
Filming locations
Locations used for the movie include:
- Manaus, Brazil
- Iquitos, Peru
- Pongo de Mainique, Peru – rapids
Related artworks
- "Filming the Making of the Film of the Making of Fitzcarraldo", a short story by Garry Kilworth, speculates about a camera crew following the camera crew of Burden of Dreams as they make a film about the making of "Fitzcarraldo". Manaus is a largest city in the Amazonia Brazil and capital of Amazonas State. Iquitos is the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest, with a population of 370962 Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Pongo de Mainique is a pongo (canyon in Peru, being 45 metres wide and 3 kilometres long with 900 m to 300 m high cliffs Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Garry Douglas Kilworth (born July 5 1941 in York, England) is a Fantasy and historical novelist Burden of Dreams (1982 is a feature-length documentary and making-of directed by Les Blank, shot during and about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog It was published in 1989 in Omni magazine, and has been republished in In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave, a collection of the author's fiction. OMNI was a Science magazine and Science fiction magazine published in the USA.
- The song "Fitzcarraldo" was written by The Frames frontman, Glen Hansard, after watching the film. The Frames are an influential Irish band based mainly in Dublin. Glen Hansard (born 21 April, 1970 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Academy-Award winning Songwriter, Actor, and
- The Song "Virgin With a Memory", by the band Destroyer, references the making of Fitzcarraldo with the lyric "Was it the movie or the making of, Fitzcarraldo?"
- The plot of Fitzcarraldo was parodied in the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse in, the appropriately titled, episode "Dethcarraldo". Adult Swim, (usually stylized swim with its signature square Brackets, is an adult-oriented Television network sharing channel space with Cartoon Metalocalypse is an American Animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha.
References
- ^ In reality, however, the Pachitea is a tributary of the Ucayali, not a third river, and they meet nearly 500 kilometers south of Iquitos. The real map looks nothing like the one Fitzcarraldo draws for Orinoco Paul.
- ^ a b Blank, Les (1982). Les Blank (b 27 November 1935, Tampa, Florida, United States) is an American documentary filmmaker best known "English captions of documentary Burden of Dreams from 1:11:25 to 1:12:40". Burden of Dreams. Burden of Dreams (1982 is a feature-length documentary and making-of directed by Les Blank, shot during and about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog Archived from the original on 2006-11-01. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi “[—Werner Herzog:] Well, the boat that [Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald] actually pulled across was only 30 tons. [. . . ] Besides, they, uh, disassembled it in about 14 or 15 parts [. . . ] The central metaphor of my film is that they haul a ship over what's essentially an impossibly steep hill. [. . . ] [—Les Blank:] a complicated system to pull Herzog's ship over the hill [. . . ] But the system is designed for a 20-degree slope. Herzog insists on 40 degrees. ”
- ^ Blank, Les (1982). Les Blank (b 27 November 1935, Tampa, Florida, United States) is an American documentary filmmaker best known "English captions of documentary Burden of Dreams from 0:02:09 to 0:02:36". Burden of Dreams. Burden of Dreams (1982 is a feature-length documentary and making-of directed by Les Blank, shot during and about the chaotic production of Werner Herzog Archived from the original on 2006-10-31. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse “[—Werner Herzog:] There was a historical figure whose name was Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald, a caucho baron. I must say the story of this caucho baron did not interest me so much. What interested me more was one single detail. That was, uh, that he crossed an isthmus, from one river system into another, uh, with a boat. They disassembled the boat and - and put it together again on the other river. ”
- ^ Herzog, Werner (2001). Herzog on Herzog. Faber and Faber, p. Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing 179. ISBN 0-571-20708-1.
External links
- Fitzcarraldo at the Internet Movie Database
- Fitzcarraldo at Rotten Tomatoes
- Fitzcarraldo at http://stockpunkt.com/2007/11/22/fotokiste-jason-robards/
- Klaus Kinski - Wutausbruch beim Dreh zu Fitzcarraldo (Rage at the shooting of Fitzcarraldo, german)
- DVD review of Fitzcarraldo at Blogcritics