Mar 10, 2022oPod rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I watched the documentary "My Best Friend" about director Herzog's relationship with the extreme actor Kinski, both German and/or German/Polish. It was so crazy, I wondered if it was a mocumentary, but it was real. Then I watched "Burden…
Aug 05, 2020loella rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Much more rigorously focused (and much longer) than Les Blank's other films I've seen, Burden of Dreams is a making-of-a-movie documentary that rather blows its genre mates out of the water, not least because of all the Les Blank moments…
Dec 12, 2018gates2 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Didn't do anything for me. The premise felt like a waste of time, and indeed the boat (SPOILER) never did make it across the mountain, though it looked like it was only a hill between two rivers. An ambitious project but felt like a…
Aug 20, 2016RoyalJellyIII rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This IS a good documentary- in fact it's one of the best about making a film that's ever been made. If you want to see Herzog in his prime then this film by Les Blank is the one to watch- it's poetic and inspiring, as well as truthful and…
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Burden of Dreams