As previously noted this week, Microkhan recently re-watched the great Fitzcarraldo as part of his ongoing screenplay research. Of particular interest was the second half of the film, in which Klaus Kinski’s aspiring rubber baron encounters a tribe of Amazonian headhunters. Since Now the Hell Will Start contains a similar culture clash, we wanted to […]
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“I Still Need Him for Shooting!”
April 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on “I Still Need Him for Shooting!”
Tags:Fitzcarraldo·Klaus Kinski·movies·Robert Towne·Werner Herzog
The Bootlegger in Your Mouth
April 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Over the weekend, Microkhan had the enormous pleasure of re-watching Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, about a daft German’s attempt to build an opera house in early 20th-century Iquitos. Without giving too much away, the quest brings him in contact with an Amazonian tribe that prepares chicha the old-fashioned way: By balling up the maize in their […]
Tags:alcohol·Budweiser Chelada·chicha·Fitzcarraldo·Iquitos·Werner Herzog