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Portraits of Madness: Burden of Dreams & Fitzcarraldo

Oct 4 — Oct 6, 2024

Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams is an indelible portrait of a filmmaker’s obsession, while Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, the making of which Blank’s film documents, remains an astonishing and improbable feat of practical filmmaking. The new 4K restoration of Blank’s documentary offers the occasion to revisit both classics in juxtaposition.