I KNEW IT WAS MADE BY THE GERMANS. I CALLED IT EVEN BEFORE I GOOGLE SEARCHED IT. THESE SAME FUCKING GUYS STEAMROLLED THROUGH BELGIUM JUST TO OWN THE BAGUETTES. OF COURSE, WHY WOULDN'T THEY HAVE THE CREW CARRY AN ACTUAL CRUISE SHIP THROUGH AN ISLAND AND HIRE A LOCAL MILITIA FOR PROTECTION FROM THE LOCAL TRIBES.Fitzcarraldo
People died during the cast and indigenous people offered the director to kill the main actor.
at least if WW3 starts again, I could be entertained under the fallout bunker before the allies drags American into the war ayy lmao's their way through Berlin or until the Third Reich shows up on my doorstep with Hans from Welcoming Committee proving once and for all whether 6 gorillion was really a Jew meme once and for allWWI or WWII? In the latter case, Belgium was a diversion to lure the Allies north. Collateral damage.
But, yes, Germans. Herzog, the director, was offered by the studio to use special effects for the boat scenes. He declined without batting an eye. They would either carry a real ship across the hill, or there would be no film at all. He said the pain and suffering had to be real to be convincing.
And of course Kinski is legendary. He was a real psychopath.
