Μόνο τυχαίος δεν είναι ο επηρεασμός για τον οποίο έχει μιλήσει ο FF Coppola, σκηνοθέτης του ‘Apocalypse Now’ από αυτό το αριστούργημα του Werner Herzog. Το ‘Αγκίρε’ περιγράφει τις σουρεαλιστικές δοκιμασίες (από επιτιθέμενους ιθαγενείς, αρρώστιες, στοιχεία της φύσης) που αντιμετωπίζει στη ζούγκλα του Αμαζονίου, μια ομάδα Ισπανών κονκισταδόρες σε αναζήτηση του χρυσού του Ελντοράδντο. Πρωταγωνιστής στο ρόλο της καριέρας του, o Κλάους Κίνσκι. Και, δεν μπορώ να φανταστώ μουσική πιο ταιριαστή απ’ το soundtrack των Popol Vuh. 🟡 🟡 It’s not just a random influence that FF Coppola, director of Apocalypse Now has spoken about regarding this masterpiece by Werner Herzog. ‘Aguirre’ depicts the surreal ordeals (from attacking natives, diseases, to the forces of nature) that a group of Spanish conquistadors face in the Amazon jungle while searching for the gold of El Dorado. Klaus Kinski delivers the performance of his career in the lead role. And I can’t imagine a more fitting soundtrack than that of Popol Vuh.
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Listening to the score prompted me to look up the movie trailer. Brutal.
Brutal is the word for human nature in the final analysis, as I’m sure you know. I’d recommend this film hands down, as one of the greatest ever made — this and Fitzcarraldo, by the same director.
And Klaus Kinski is beyond description. The closest you can get to a ‘human monster’ without the help of effects. 👹
You’ve made a very good case for watching it.
I’ve watched several Herzog movies and he really is as nutty as fruit and nut cake! Aguirre is rather bonkers (with Fitzcarraldo coming up a close second) but nothing compares to the man himself who, you probably know, was once shot during an interview and carried on with the interview more or less like nothing had happened, bleeding away…