Burden of Dreams

An extraordinary feature-length documentary about the messianic German director Werner Herzog struggling against desperate odds in the Amazon basin to make his epic feature, Fitzcarraldo. Burden of Dreams was honored with a British Academy Award for Best Documentary of 1982, and many critics consider it Blank's most awesome film. Made with Maureen Gosling. 94 min. Color. 1982

Documentary • 1hr 34min

6.5