Tag: Werner Herzog

Bramwell Thornfield 25 October 2025

Burden of Dreams Case Study: How Cinematography Captured the Chaos of Fitzcarraldo

Burden of Dreams captures the chaotic making of Herzog's Fitzcarraldo through raw, observational cinematography that reveals more about obsession and nature than the film itself. A landmark in documentary filmmaking.

Bramwell Thornfield 13 October 2025

Burden of Dreams Case Study: The Production Hell of Fitzcarraldo

The making of Fitzcarraldo was one of cinema’s most dangerous productions-moving a 320-ton ship over a mountain by hand. Burden of Dreams captures the chaos, obsession, and human cost behind this impossible feat.