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OPERA

So, Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinsky take on the jungle again.

Only this time it is to get a ship from one river to another, over a mountain, so that we can get rubber-rich and bring opera to our small home town in Peru.

This is, no doubt, a wild and even insane vision but it is tailor-made for great film making and the guys do not miss the opportunity.

I really enjoyed Fitzcarraldo (1982).

It is long—157 minutes—but it flies by.

Kinsky is great as the visionary Fitzgerald. He tones it down a bit here which still leaves a lot of room for his rolling eyes and dramatic postures. It is odd. Taken out of context, his style seems old fashioned and over the top. Yet, in the film, it works in an extraordinary way to create an emotional connection with the viewer and with all that is going on around him.

I loved the indians who help get the boat over. Oh. Claudia Cardinale plays Kinsky's friend, who floats the boat financially! She runs the local whorehouse but is sort of his girlfriend.

It is all good.

I will give it a 5 out of Netflix5.