Les Blank's fascinating documentary following the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic 'Fitzcarraldo', comes for the first time in this collector's edition. It shows how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does Herzog have major casting problems, losing both Jason Robards and Hick Jagger halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew Is falling rapidly...
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