Fitzcarraldo

N.p. N.p., Circa 1982. Four vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1982 film, including three borderless and one bordered. One with a snipe on the verso crediting photographer Maureen Gosling, and three with the printed labels of Photofest.

Early twentieth century rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald funds his dream to build an opera house in the Peruvian Amazon by hauling a huge river boat laden with rubber across a mountain. Werner Herzog's astonishing, outrageous, and downright insane masterpiece, the subject of Les Blank's remarkable documentary "Burden of Dreams" (1982).

Set and shot on location in Peru and Brazil.

Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches, one photograph 10 x 8 inches. One with a tiny splash at the top right corner, else Fine.

BFI 2032. Ebert III.

[Book #159844]