I will bring Opera to the Amazon
>>62736469
This film got me listening to Caruso sometimes. The recordings sound endearingly illegible as if you're hearing them from his very gramophone on the water.
>>62736469
I've never seen any of the Herzog/Kinski movies, but I absolutely love the Popol Vuh soundtracks. Aguirre and Coeur de Verre are my favorites.
>As true as I am standing here, one day I shall bring grand opera to Iquitos. I will outgut you. I will outnumber you. I will outbillion you. I will outrubber you. I will outperform you. Sir, the reality of your world is nothing more than a rotten caricature of great opera.
this is something I could picture Klaus actually saying to someone and it would be to someone totally unsuspecting and undeserving like a food caterer or something
>>62736799
Watch them all, especially Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo. Nosferatu is a pretty good adaptation of the original too.
>>62737489
And that's why the food caterer asked Herzog if he could kill Kinski.
This and Aguirre just put directors like Nolan to shame. All I can think of is Nolan saying "this is the biggest anyone's done since the silent era" and then I remember the steamboat in Fitzcarraldo going down the rapids.
>>62737642
What about the steamboat going up a mountain?
>>62737925
>deforesting that entire patch of land
fucking madman, it's a shame landis killed high-stakes practical effects in film
>>62737642
>the steamboat going down the mountain
You mean the shameful miniature filmed in someone's bathtub?
>>62737957
>shameful miniature
I thought that was just a myth, didn't 3 people get seriously injured or something? Whatever, I'm picking up Conquest of the Useless tomorrow anyways
Is this better than Aguirre senpaitachi?
>>62738014
No... I must say I do love the movie but I found it pretty obvious the boat was a miniature, at least in the long shots
>>62738110
No. It's pretty much an Aguirre sequel. A very similar movie, very good too, but I don't think quite as good and I'd say that's probably the general consensus, but totally worth seeing if you did like Aguirre
>>62738114
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7OFbwrRlVk still though, the scenes with the actual boat are pretty fucking impressive
>>62738364
Didn't Herzog try it once for real and then, after the boat slid back and killed like 3 people or something...he settled for the miniature?
I just remember him writing about doing ti for real in his book on filming Fitzcarraldo. It's actuallt really well written and worth a read just to learn how much everyone really hated Kinski.
>>62738925
I thought they just had minor to kind of serious injuries or whatever. 'll post excerpts from "Conquest" on Monday
>>62738956
Hopefully there are some patricians around then, It's a great read.
>tfw not Werner Herzog stuck in the middle of the Americas with naught but the sticky heat, wild animals, indigenous tribes and Kinski to keep you company
>>62739041
>>tfw not Werner Herzog stuck in the middle of the Americas with naught but the sticky heat, wild animals, indigenous tribes and Kinski to keep you company
Sounds like a recipe for madness. Like out of a Conrad story or something
this looks neat
They brought Opera to the Amazon.
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/amazon-for-opera/?display=en
