Is Werner Herzog a) simply batshit insane or b) better at everything than you? I'll take c) All of the Above. Herzog's waxing poetic should give any aspiring filmmaker both pause and awe. Seeing what seems like otherworldly determination in spite of defeat, and the natural and cultural factors that would strike down a lesser man, is enough to make me also want to steal a camera and claim it was for the greater benefit of mankind.

In the final act, we come to fully realize the vast implications of Herzog's gargantuan project. However, we also come to appreciate Herzog's justification of it all. That is, if we care about his art at all.

Herzog is the most fascinating director I've ever known about. His level of gumption and lack of self doubt are traits I admire in anyone, but to see someone take things to such remarkable extremes in the name of film is simply phenomenal. I can't get enough of the stories of him and the insane productions of his films. This documentary captures the harsh, dangerous, miserable conditions of the production of Fitzcarraldo as well as Herzog's nearly inhuman ability to beat those obstacles.

If you are unsure of whether or not Herzog is a deranged genius, this documentary will answer that question.

Taking a close look at - at what's around us there - there is some sort of a harmony. It is the harmony of... overwhelming and collective murder.

The narrator, blunt & blank. It's subject - Werner Herzog, chronically interesting. Always moving, pushing, thinking the project forward. His ambition to make the film, as BoH dictates, are the dreams below the surface of reality. We are moving in subliminal directions towards our own & with the eternal optimism and dedication found within Herzog, these dreams can be realized. Even if, as Herzog experienced, they clash with the imagination. Highlight - His analysis of the Amazon setting.

Anyone seriously interested in filmmaking should watch this. Everytime you bump into a seemingly unsurpassable obstacle - think of Werner Herzog.

Werner Herzog is my hero.

Herzog really is some sort of a mad genius. Keep on keepin' on, Werner.

I was pretty pumped for this documentary, but as a long time Herzog fan I didn't really learn much new. If you're looking for juicy Fitzcarraldo stories I would recommend My Best Fiend.

definitely better than fitzcarraldo, and I liked fitzcarraldo.

Transcending interplay between the feature and this documentary gives immense weight and depth to both. You just have to watch this to truly understand what Herzog's movies represent.

Documentary is if anything marginally more impressive than its subject, the Herzog-Kinski epic FITZCARRALDO. Blank appears to have had an all access pass to the many different facets of the shoot, and manages to capture miles of fascinating footage of Herzog, at times sincerely believing nature may be conspiring against him (Terry Gilliam eat your heart out!) One of the great documentaries, and a unique take on the film-making process.

Burden is the right word.

Pretty much defines determination.

one of the best and most appropriate titles ever

Very good documentary about one of the most ambitious and possibly insane movie shoots ever, Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, in which Herzog tries to film a story about a half-mad European hiring the local native Americans to pull a steamship over a mountain in the Amazon by hiring the local native Americans to pull a steamship over a mountain in the Amazon.

The best part of this was seeing the footage from the original Fitzcarraldo with Mick Jaggar, which until now, I had no idea even existed.

Werner Herzog, you are my motherfucking hero.

90 for every frame in which herzog speaks, 50 for every other frame, 70 average

This "making of" documentary is a tense and exciting adventure movie in and of itself: Apparently, the making of "Fitzcarraldo" has put Werner Herzog and his crew through twice the hardships undergone by the film's protagonist himself, mostly due to Herzog's insistence on using actual god-forsaken locations in the midst of the rain-forest, actual arrow-shooting natives, hauling an actual 3-story boat up a hillside. The indigenous singing in the Burden of Dreams soundtrack is delectable.

I already knew most of this stuff from listening to the commentary on Fitzcarraldo, but it was still pretty interesting to watch. Even if you don't like Herzog, you've got to admire his determination.

"We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in a field"

Not bad. Nice to talk to Herzog, but not as compelling as you'd think

Possibly the greatest "making of a movie" documentary ever made...Riveting

I don't really care for Blank's documentary style, but being a big fan of Herzog and Kinski and getting to see some of the "behind the scenes" problems that complicated the making of Fitzcarraldo was enjoyable.

Nice documentary that chronicled the making of his movie Fitzcarraldo. I haven't seen that movie yet, but this documentary was interesting and engaging nonetheless on its own. Having been filmed in the middle of the Amazon, you're given a glimpse of what it's like to be away from 'the world'. Herzog is a pretty wild man, and I enjoyed listening to his ramblings, as it was enlightening to hear his thought process on life, art and whatever falls in between. This man is a true genius.

A must see if you've seen Fitzcarraldo. Whether you like him or not, he's a fascinating person and you get to understand a little bit why his work till now is so different from the mainstream movies/documentaries.

A documentary I liked much more than the actual feature film "Fitzcarraldo".

A perfect companion piece to Fitzcarraldo, a great film in its own right.