Aguirre, the Wrath of God. Werner Herzog 1972

[jimmy78]

This has been remastered and got a re-release in the UK.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068182/

Anyone seen this before? The press is going bananas over it. Off to see it on Sunday.

Big fan of Klaus Kinski, such a freaky looking actor.

[zappy]

saw it, didnt like it

i aint got no culture

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

saw this fucked up and determined that it encapsulates the amerikkkan experience of europeans on the world stage

[ReginaldWonder]

Any Werner Herzog film with Klaus Kinski in it is worth checking out. Personally, I like Fitzcarraldo a bit more than Aguirre, but both are excellent films. Only reason I mention Fitzcarraldo is that they both take place around/on Amazonian rivers and they both have Kinski in them. Figure no one will care, but my favorite Herzog/Kinski film is Cobra Verde, which never really gets a mention by Herzog fans.

If you wanna interpret the story of Aguirre as a metaphor for European Imperialism in Latin America, so be it, but I think that's a pretty unengaged and easy way to interpret the film. Basically it's about a Spanish soldier (Kinski) and his quest to find the fabled "Lost City of Gold" with his conquistador crew. As they travel further and further downstream into the Amazon they also travel further and further into paranoia/madness. It's not the kind of film that everyone's going to enjoy, but it's got some really amazing cinematography and a great production history attached to it.

But yeah, Kinski's a G. He's a crazy looking dude, and a super fun actor. Anything with him in it is usually worth the money.

[drizzle]

What is this fisherprice my first timberlands shit? Aguirre is one of the cornerstones of classic CYE

It's like making a thread in Troy about 'has anybody heard this thing called Cuban linx'

Go fucking see it, it's essential

[jimmy78]

haha

I did search it but only found a few posts on the DVD release. Thought a remaster & a re-release was worthy of a new post, no?

[Pronay]

what an awful movie

[BARRY LURKIN]

Herzog is a film titan that deserves to have olive branches and small animal sacrifices flung at his feet 24/7.

Kinski's a G.

[ReginaldWonder]

Herzog is a film titan that deserves to have olive branches and small animal sacrifices flung at his feet 24/7.

One of the many reasons:

[Req]

after watching it, IMMEDIATELY watch this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/

it's a good time.

[TeenageMoustache]

Tune in next week when Jimmy recommends The Proposition.

[Andvil]

lol

[Tommy Bunz]

saw this fucked up and determined that it encapsulates the amerikkkan experience of europeans on the world stage

[Tommy Bunz]

Anyone remember how Ithikkkle dismissed this film entirely because you can see the wake of the camera boat in one of the scenes?

[drizzle]

Tune in next week when Jimmy recommends The Proposition.

now this is a guy that knows his CYE lore

so it the re-release Jimmy mentioned only for UK? cause that sucks dick if true

[Employee]

Anyone remember how Ithikkkle dismissed this film entirely because you can see the wake of the camera boat in one of the scenes?

[drizzle]

that actually really happened

[jamrage]

Yeeeaaaaaahhhhhhh, not a big fan of this movie at all.

I'll give it another day in court, but I found Fitzcarraldo to be much more well crafted/entertaining on the whole.

[TeenageMoustache]

Restored intro sequence: http://vimeo.com/67730738

Would love to get this, and really all of his early work, in HD.

[Tweak Da Leak]

Anyone remember how Ithikkkle dismissed this film entirely because you can see the wake of the camera boat in one of the scenes?

Ithe was that nigga

[Tommy Bunz]

another from da archives

[jimmy78]

Tune in next week when Jimmy recommends The Proposition.

now this is a guy that knows his CYE lore

so it the re-release Jimmy mentioned only for UK? cause that sucks dick if true

Can't see that it has been elsewhere. Seems like a strange decision to limit it to one market?

Enjoyed the flick. I'd say it was great film-making, I don't know if I'd say I really loved the film. The opener is pretty magnificent.

Glad I've dragged up some archived gems with my ism

[drizzle]

really strange decision, this shit would clean up in a repertoire run here

[aleph]

For New Yorkers, 8 Herzog flicks will be screening @ Film Society of Lincoln Center Aug. 18-22

Aguirre (8/16, 8/18)
Fitzcarraldo (8/18, 8/22)

All in 35mm

[drizzle]

where do you see that, it's not on their site

[aleph]

Yeah it's not up yet, it's on their printed bimonthly calendar. For some reason, sometimes it's way ahead of the site

I know some other movies scheduled are

Stroszek
Woyzzeck
Kaspar Hauser
Signs of Life

The remaining two escape me