The focused madness of Werner Herzog’s filmmaking obsession found its purest expression in his account of a European (Klaus Kinski) who hatches an elaborate scheme to bring grand opera to the backwaters of the early 20th-century Amazon. All he has to do is drag a steamship over a mountain. Animating feat aside, it remains one of Herzog’s most enjoyable films. -Lee Gardner
1982 Werner Herzog. 1.85:1 Color DCP 158 min. In German, Spanish, English, Shuar and Italian with subtitles.
