Fitzcarraldo: The Un-Making of a Masterpiece

[@paulosantiago7457]

Klaus Kinski with all those bursts of anger somehow still managed to make his character a likeable person. He was indeed a great actor.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

I've always wondered, what would have happened, if Herzog had killed Kinski?

[@franosbornblaschke3694]

Like a 1920's expressionist in the 1980's....?

[@mclekrell]

Hahaha what? The worst actor ever.

[@richardleston5237]

@@mclekrell 😂

[@stevencoffin328]

On top of that he comes across as likeable but at the same time incredibly unhinged.

[@tomitiustritus6672]

At one point, the movie set was raided by a hunting party from a nearby tribe, leading to several injured people. That this is just a footnote in the crazyness of this project says a lot.

[@Kenopsyaa]

The nearby tribe was the one they were trying to force into being part of the movie. Herzog and his crew invited themselves into indigenous land, forcing them to participate, the indigenous tribe had to attack them in order to regain their land. They found another tribe, a more peaceful one. And it wasn’t just “several injured”, people died, especially indigenous people who were treated as slaves and less than human. Herzog should be rotting in jail for the crimes he committed

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Anything involving Kinski & Herzog was always crazy.. except Woyzeck, the production of this film is normal

[@Kenopsyaa]

@@AR-GuidesAndMore My dad was there, there's an article about it in french. I"m not just inventing things, they put my dad in jail for 2 months because he was helping the indigenous tribe.

[@plasticweapon]

@@AR-GuidesAndMore are you psychopath or are you just retarded?

[@sp-yj5wr]

Many who say they love this movie seem to only talk about the hardships and crazyness of making the movie...and I agree. The movie by itself is just some rich idiot trying to push a boat over a mountain, so not much of a story or point to it. Watching the documentaries beforehand makes watching the movie a better experience.

[@kamuelalee]

You know your lead actor is a real problem when the locals offer to kill your lead actor. Still the film is an amazing piece of cinema.

[@gerardolombana]

in the documentary Mein Liebster Feind, the locals say that they actually more afriad of herzog hahaha

[@MrSmokodoki]

Herzog has said that making this film was total madness, I bet that Kinski was 70% of that madness.

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

80%

[@tachikomakusanagi3744]

170%

[@blondeboywilson9221]

No anyone would quit or go crazy working for Herzog.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

I imagine the shooting of this movie was as complicated as Apocalypse Now, besides, I realized that making a movie is stressful and at the same time funnny

[@_pascalwittwer]

Funny enough, Apocalypse now was inspired by Aguirre, the wrath of god.

[@Kenopsyaa]

Funny ???? He killed many indigenous people in order to make this fucking movie

[@Johnconno]

​@@_pascalwittwerStroll On.

[@roughcutretrospect7235]

What a FASCINATING film. I read that the ship was just left in the woods? Would be interesting to see if its still there or what it looks like today. I would imagine ppl living in it for shelter or disassembling it for scrap.

[@sg2401]

On wikipedia page of the movie Fitzcarraldo, you get to see the picture of the remains of the steamer used in the movie.

[@roughcutretrospect7235]

@@sg2401 yessssss!

[@magicknight13]

Thank you for making a video over this insane and beautiful movie!

[@vb2388]

My Top 5 from Werner Herzog.. 1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. The Grizzly Man 4. Nosferatu the Vampyre 5. Stroszek

[@pete49327]

Grizzly Man has to be the best documentary/movie ever made.

[@vb2388]

I loved Crumb and The Act of Killing slightly more..

[@turusso]

Agree, Aguirre is better.

[@El_Damaso]

1 Fitzcarraldo 2 Cobra Verde 3 Aguirre 4 Nosferatu 5 woyzek

[@riccardoangeli802]

Woyzeck

[@garrison6863]

Herzog was really lucky to get Kinski and Cardinale. They were both good, especially the former. Kinski with that white suit and popped up blonde hair was an almost iconic image to be in the jungle. He was so much better than Robards could have been. So much manic energy.

[@CameronBrtnik]

Just watched this, you can find the full movie good quality on KZbin and wow, one of the best movies ever made. I recently read Papillon (if you haven't do yourself a favour and read it), which lead my friend to recommend Lost City of Z (another adventure classic) where it mentioned the opera house in the Amazon. I watched the movie (terrible) but there's brief scene where Fawcett comes upon the opera house in the jungle. We did some research and discovered this movie, and wow I'm glad I did! Just beautiful

[@Samir12357]

Could you give me the video link

[@OBGynKenobi]

Kinsky owns the best angry rant on the internet! Bar none. His Jesus rant is also masterful.

[@riccardoangeli802]

Kinsky fenomenale .... Il più intenso inquietante e geniale attore mai esistito .... Herzogh grande regista !!!!!

[@sergioalves9484]

Foi filmado uma parte na nossa cidade, Manaus, e no teatro Amazonas. Cláudia Cardinale participou. Muito bom.

[@josevinicius6908]

Só não foi bom pros índios e o pessoal que morreu KKK

[@authenticbitterleben7434]

When it comes to Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski movies I think Aguirre is better. Here in Germany Kinski is often made fun of and there's the notion that fitzcarraldo is only popular because of kinskis insane behaviour

[@MrFusselig]

True

[@StockAvuryah]

Too bad it's not popular in Germany because they moved a boat up across a fucking hill in the fucking amazonian jungle. But it should be remembered because it's a great film, also.

[@gabrielhorvat9398]

@milster deforestation i guess; pretty hard to watch the jungle being destroyed, but i guess times where different then. The movie is amazing anyways.

[@MalAnders94]

@@gabrielhorvat9398 maybe in the future we'll be happy that we cut down the forest. Afterall that's where all the snakes and spiders come from..

[@phaeste]

@@MalAnders94 what the actual fuck? nothing good will ever come from getting rid of the amazon rain forest, only problems. and the worst snakes and spiders don't even come from there

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

That "divine madness." After I watched 'Paris, Texas' I was not sure if I even liked it at all and then it would not get out of my head for weeks. Never watched it again and, like this film, it remains indelible.

[@shieldsluck1969]

'Paris Texas' was been directed by Wim Wenders. (FYI) :)

[@MisterWin]

@@shieldsluck1969 He was just comparing the two.

[@shieldsluck1969]

​@@MisterWin Wenders, Fassbinder, Herzog und Werner Schroeter are back in the 70s and 80s a kind of "outlaws" in the German film business. But just the good ones from today's perspective. 🎞😉

[@MisterWin]

@@shieldsluck1969 I am woefully uninformed with Fassbinder's catalogue. Will check him out!

[@faintscrawl]

I think Kinski's daughter is in Paris, T.

[@RJ_MacReady13]

A masterpiece, I love the movie, but I imagine the madness it was to shoot it

[@frankblangeard8865]

The real story is of a man named Carlos Fitzcarrald. The ship was dismantled and carried over the hill piece by piece.

[@celdur4635]

FYI, on the times of the Rubber boom, in Perú, in the city of Iquitos there were opulent opera houses, ofc, ppl were flown in.

[@gianlozano102]

Well I guess this film was made with blood, sweat and tears

[@liltick102]

Herzog didn’t make 2 planes crash. He didn’t place the snake under the tree the woodworker was in. He didn’t have anything to do with the woman who took a canoe without asking, and drowned. The guy who got a spear through his throat was also explained to little blame to be placed as hard as it has been on Herzog. Mistreating animals, and ever having a pregnant woman on this boat is really all anyone reaally has on him as far as I know - and terrible luck when it comes to deaths during production that are blamed entirely on him.

[@Maggot39967]

You say all of that like it's true. He wanted to make the movie and he made the movie. All actions listed just came as a consequence of doing the movie. This stuff will be looked at differently within the next few years. It was just a rich white dude forcing his way into a country he really didn't need to go to and doing everything the hardest way possible causing deaths and many other tragedies that could have been avoided if they just oh I don't know, shot the movie in a more reasonable location or provided much more funding for doing something as dangerous as sailing a boat down the amazon river. He even openly admits that they segregated the camp and ate their own food and so on and so fourth. I'm not exactly saying he's the fucking devil, but he's obviously made some poor discissions in the past and justifying it all as art is disingenuous. Just like it would be disingenuous for me to claim he's evil or something. Things were different and we can all acknowledge that. I just don't see how you can blame everyone but him for his own desires.

[@podfuk]

@@Maggot39967 you are dumb simpleton, enjoy staying at home on your dumb ass and doing nothing

[@jmsmith1767]

I love this movie. I actually really like Jason Robards I would’ve liked to see him in this film, but Klaus Kinskin is an utter lunatic and I’m here for it.

[@roc7880]

I would have paid half of my wealth, meager as it is, to have been an assistant to Kinski when he filmed Aguire. I would also give the other half to have a date with his lovely daughter Nastasia.

[@BlueVansCapofAwesome]

I love your videos so much.

[@shotbro4998]

Fitzcarraldo is not only Herzog’s best movie, it’s one of the best movies ever made

[@KenobiStark1]

When rich people can’t understand they aren’t rich in the jungle haha Werner could have had him killed and just been like “it’s the jungle, shit happens”

[@1962LIBBY]

Blew credibility in 90 seconds calling 2 time Oscar winner Jason Robards “James”. Triple crown winning actor.

[@GeorgeH99]

What is the name of the background piece playing, it’s bugging me.

[@Goddessvenom]

So "Dethcarraldo" was based off of this 🤯

[@marytitus88]

3:13 Lol I think Herzog considered the proposition.

[@danielprates2208]

Who is "james robards"

[@fenrislegacy]

Wait a second... is that Kinski patching up the cameraman?

[@TheTarget1980]

yes

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

That's what I was thinking. WTf?!?!

[@Ale-mv3gr]

This is up there with ROAR in the "wtf were they thinking". Im mean, yes, the movie is a classic, but a bunch of people died and they disrupted an indigineous tribe.

[@peboca]

Excelent movie

[@cortical1]

Jason Robards, not James Robards. Mess up crucial details like that and lose all credibility.

[@odakyuodakyu6650]

lets not forget the airline flight he missed which then crashed over the jungle.

[@loganford3921]

It's up there with Roar for a trouble production.

[@J_D_Sisson]

"James" Robards? Jesus Christi, you'd think for a VOD film service, they'd be able to get an actor's name right.

[@davidrlosada]

OMG, my fault, completely. What a slip....! I love some of (JASON) Robards' works. Crazy lapsus...

[@retuture6689]

Excelente

[@carrrexx7190]

What a strange trip.

[@filmnobelpreis]

Ah yes, the famous James Robards.

[@_profanity]

YES

[@stardaddyo9]

Why do directors put up with Klaus? Because they know the finished product will be great.

[@stardaddyo9]

Jason , not james

[@John-kj3xr]

lets face it Warner Herzog . driven to see what he could produce drove Clause Kinsky around the bend.

[@MisterWin]

Kinski had plenty of issues and controversy before filming this movie.

[@eleanorsendeavors29]

"Jason" Robards

[@joec1437]

*Jason Robards

[@yarimo]

I believe its untrue that people died on set. Fix this.

[@omargabriel2677]

Why do you say so?

[@ErelfBow]

They died in the plane crash.

[@rebeccanehan3540]

@@ErelfBow they survived the crash

[@MirrorevO]

@@rebeccanehan3540 everybody survived the crash, but more things happened: somebody got bitten by snake and they had to cut of his leg with a chainsaw, somebody got hit by an arrow, somebody got badly hurt by the ship pull system, werner herzog had an badly infected leg for a while, somebody lost one of the toes, some people got cut by machetes, read his diaries "conquest of the useless" and will understand the whole madness of this project

[@rebeccanehan3540]

@@MirrorevO I saw the documentary, I know a lot of things happened but nobody died.

[@Zero-uw7kb]

if you build it they will come.

[@traxcanonch.2421]

3:11 It was confirmed by Walter Saxer that this is not true.

[@malvarezv97]

Whatever, I'll believe the more interesting but fictional story

[@mariamery7025]

Pelicula lokas m recomendaba imagenes de Ramos

[@riccardoangeli802]

Woizeck Aguirre Fitzcarraldo e Nosferatu a pari merito

[@timothybrosz7697]

brasil no peru

[@X2Magneto]

I love artists, but you should have just used the Goddamn models.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

@007 CM It never would've looked the same, that's part of the magic from this movie, that the boat is real and it's been transported trhough the middle of the jungle... it's an act of lunacy? probably, but without that act of lunacy the movie never would've been what it is. What do you think, for instance, about The bridge on River Kwai? imagine that David Lean had decided to shoot a damn model bridge... same case here

[@michaelreid1209]

*jason robards

[@seanramsdell4172]

0:27 Life of Todd Gatsby

[@beritbranch2436]

Difficult productions :)

[@seanramsdell4172]

0:04-0:09 How Not To Be Seen

[@NaijaCINE]

So people were intentionally killed in the name of cinema? How is this not a crime?

[@teddyochfreddy]

Intentionally? They died tragically in a plane crash. Burden of Dreams is fantastic btw, similar to Hearts of Darkness, the making of Apocalypse Now.

[@John-kj3xr]

Actually could care less ... but?

[@MisterWin]

...but you still clicked on it and watched it?

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

But... you still cared to watch and leave a comment LOL

[@boneytony5041]

Couldn’t

[@LEARSIKCIGAM]

Too bad the cinematography is terrible, you never get a sense of scale in this movie, they always feel small and drab. The scene when the boat is in the floundering in the river may as well have been a model.

[@Reb3nga]

It most definetely is a model 😂

[@adikravets3632]

3:03 yeah definitely not a good person.

[@lasahe4440]

Stupid movie. I don’t know what is so great about it. Bah.

[@riccardoangeli802]

Klaus Kinsky

[@pancakemacbuttery9142]

Da kinsky