Lmao

That’s why the film is so strong - fact and fiction merge completely and the madness of Fitz is the madness of Herzog.

Never thought Fitzcarraldo was insane, he just had a higher degree of confidence and idealism than those around him.

@@kamuelalee Insanity

@@kamuelalee the idea of him being insane is an exterior opinion outside of his perspective, did not matter in the slightest for the guy at the end of tje day

i don't think it's entirely unintentional

[Most happy German man]

He knows exactly what he's doing. He's like "This is good stuff, people are going to love it for a lot of reasons." He definitely sees the value in meoldrama.

Really? He was a prescient to know about short vids in 1981 then

And he did it *twice*!

Yes, but Herzog is "clinically sane" ;-)

Kinski is one of most normal guy you can encounter. If you give him respect and good behaviour he will appreciate you high. Give him just marks of something unclean and bad and he will exponent it and give it to you back. Guy was not crazy but super sensitive.

@@petervlcko4858 Klaus Kinski was always

@@stevemuzak8526 he definitely did not hide what he things about you. so no side intention and also no politic hence politic are good lairs. he has just troubled mind and was also/possible afraid if people understand what he is saying (not what they think about him)

And he'd be right

The reaction is valid and it's not about pointlessness. It's about usefulness and beauty. Most animals don't try to find harmony with the earth. they just what they want. And they see the world through that lens. To a spider, the floor is lava or just shitty. It needs a web. To a human a wasteland like tundra is deadly but these jungles are an overwhelming cacophony of pain and parasites, arguable worse. You can at least build flat on a wasteland.

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11 years on and it still just hits... something. Cinema unto itself.

*looks down at his plate* "This spaghetti, it's like a slithering heap of worms, blood drenched worms, fighting for survival"

The way I feel, I think he is narrating mine.

so do i

"When Tina was born, she did not screech in pain, she sang!"

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is your life a symphony of constant murder?

I disagree. These are words poisoned by anguish. I think it;s safe to say that, regardless of how much poignancy we find in Herzog's monologue, what he said was a mere projection of the incredible misery he had wallowed in for years making Fitzcarraldo.

Guy Incognito I don’t think there is any anguish in his words I think he is just emphasizing the singing of the birds in correlation to the ubiquity of the Darwinian law in the nature

You say that as if the two are mutually exclusive. All of nature is both a violent, vicious, unending fight for survival AND a world full of beauty and wonder and grace. Birdsong is both a beautiful sonnet to attract a mate AND a ruthless attempt to prevent others from succeeding in the same endeavor.

@@LoganBluth Your final sentence was rather poetic. I may steal it and use it.

@@gondwanandreams7635 Well, thank you. No problem, help yourself.

Yes

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I feel this

Throughout my first semester in residence this monologue played in my head near daily.

Really? I feel it in my life absolutely but not college really that was just one massive party for me

I think it will be mine too. It makes me laugh so much it's so dark

Fellow risk of rainer, hello :D My interpretation was it was furthen talking, probably about the void, considering where the soundtrack plays and how it kinda fits with the void fog thing

Yes

I choose to believe in universe it’s the captain saying it

Which is interesting knowing that he's Bavarian and these two groups of Germans hate each other.

I thought he was Austrian.

@@DR-tx9mr he's German but my comment simply made fun of the nihilism of "Berliners".

Yes please

Yes yes

"My first pick is Misery..."

First day of class, they should absolutely show these two films as a double feature.

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 ...after the show: " Ok fvckers, you still wanna do this?"

@@alidaraie 😂 Then, those who stay watch "My Best Fiend" to learn about actors.

Totes, '81 Zog is relevant af.

Totally.... I love him but so dramatic it's hilarious

Just this point? Doesn't he always?

(And dont you listen to the song of life)

been looking for specifically this ror2 comment

Burden Of Dreams or Fitzcarraldo?

@@Trainy2 Guess we'll never know

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Sorry, but no. Nosferatu is 1000 times better of a movie than Fitzcaraldo, despite how great this documentary is.

Yes it is. The gungans asked me to kill Kinski for me

I would love to hear Herzog, Coppola and William Friedkin share jungle anecdotes from 'Aguirre/Fitzcarraldo', 'Apocalypse Now' and 'Sorcerer'.

hello, friend

Jake Jerome one of us \m/

Jake Jerome same, I couldn't get that line out of my head

i found this inadvertently but as soon as i heard “there is misery here” i was like o shit

Same! And now they just dropped a fucking nutso incredible album. About to see them play Detroit.

A review from my favourite movie critic, Roger Ebert, brought me here.

Roger Ebert actually gave good review on this movie though afaik

I looked it up, and indeed, they did.

This "negativity" is tbh reality. There will never be such thing as natural positivity on this earth I think and he knows that.

Yup

same

What is that? Tv show? Band?

@@christophernobody7471 a movie

You can’t even google it?!!

Why? Its just reality. You may have a good time but he'll tell you the truth and like it or not its the truth. It may hurt but it gets you on the situation of the animals and you suddently seem to understand why there is true misery

@Anon Anon where

Herzog is a queen

You don't even know who this is, right? And I think in that last sentence you originally planned to be homophobic but you messed up.