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.