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Burden of Dreams

1982 · 97 min

A hypnotic, sweat-soaked plunge into creative obsession, equal parts awe-inspiring and quietly alarming to witness.

Overview: The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
How it feels: Tense, absurd, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, art, madness, ambition
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
art
madness
ambition
survival
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild