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Aguirre, The Wrath of God. I studied it at uni and wrote an essay where I explained that the main character couldn't be a symbol of both fascism AND a film dir
by magarnicle 3y ago
Aguirre, The Wrath of God.
I studied it at uni and wrote an essay where I explained that the main character couldn't be a symbol of both fascism AND a film director, because that would mean the director was calling himself a fascist. My lecturer's response was something like "why not?".
I was a very black-and-white thinker at that time, and his response was eye-opening for me.
- netsharc 3y agoI knew of Werner Herzog but recently got really interested in his work after he guested on Conan O'Brien's podcast. I'm reading his autobiography right now. It's fascinating how he was begging some investor about how he had to make the movie Fitzcarraldo, because if he didn't, his life would be purposeless (I do hope I'm remembering this right). It got me wondering how he got away with things like forcing his crew to carry tonnes of ship over a mountain, but, also why shouldn't he get away with it, why should there be a strict construct of what's allowed or not.
- a_bonobo 3y agoHe has this wonderful story of how someone else got 'his' monkeys for Aguirre from the airport, the ones used for the final shot. He forged paperwork to make it look like he was a veterinarian who needed to give the monkeys vaccinations, and took them to the movie-set instead. The original 'ask for forgiveness, not for permission' mind-set.
- 082349872349872 3y agoThere's also a "making of" of Fitzcarraldo, which left at least me wondering who was crazier: Fitzcarraldo or Herzog.
- rurban 3y agoAll three were crazy. Herzog, Kinski and Fitzcarraldo.