Yes I have seen Fitzcarraldo. It’s part of my Herzog/Kinski box set. Saw it only once and I really liked it. Though I’d like to watch it again. I’m going through the Herzog director’s commentaries at the moment, starting with ‘Aguirre: The Wrath of God’ (I would compare that film to ‘2001: A Space Oddesy’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’). I haven’t seen Werner Herzog’s non-Kinski films such as ‘The Enigma of Kasper Hausar’ or even his documentaries (with the exception of ‘My Best Fiend’) so if any one has seen those pictures I’d love to hear what you think. The one that affected me the most was ‘Woyzeck’. I was so emotionally moved that I was in tears when it came to the final scene by the river. I empathise with the suffering that the lead character went through. Sadly there is no commentary on that DVD.
I cannot believe it took me so long to discover such great cinema.
THE HERZOG/KINSKI BOX SET:
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Nosferatu
Woyzeck
Fitzcarraldo
Cobra Verde
My Best Fiend
