Direction
Buchka captures Herzog's hypnotic monologues like nobody else.
Production
Rare footage of Fitzcarraldo's actual production hell.
Director
Peter Buchka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Herzog made this doc to finance debts from Fitzcarraldo, which went 300% over budget and involved actual native deaths.
This cemented the 'Herzog as unhinged philosopher' persona that influenced every indie director with a Twitter account.
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