I, the wrath of God, will fuck my own daughter to populate the golden city most immorally, most abnormally. And all the spider monkeys get underfoot, but who knew monkeys could swim so well. Klaus Kinski looks fiiiiine with his limp and mongrel dog face and pants that look like Hulk Hogan’s over-tanned skin.
Dear abandoned horse,
I felt so sad watching you hang your head as the boat people floated away. You were the best actor in that movie, it’s a shame you didn’t come to a better end. I’m sorry that something larger than you will probably eat you. Did Kinski actually hurt you when he repeatedly pushed you over? I have some other questions I’d like answered. Did the mamma mouse and her babies drown? Why were so many of the actors missing their teeth? Is it a German thing? I’m German, yet I have a nice set of chompers, or so the D.D.S. tells me. Why did the Indians they captured have no eyebrows? Were they really natives, her tits looked so saggy for someone so young. How the fuck did they get that giant boat up in that tall fucking tree? I’m sure these questions are hardly relevant to the movie, but these are the only real questions I have. Thank you for your time and I hope Lyme disease wasn’t a major problem in the Amazon, although I’d imagine you probably had a lot bigger problems than a tiny little bug to worry about (i.e. overly demanding director Hertzog). Thanks again for your time…
-Curiosity sat on the cat
In all honesty, I found this film to be sickeningly beautiful. I could probably watch the end scene at least 10 more times.
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Herzog did use actual natives in the film, and in general he uses actors (when he uses "actors") that have zilch to do with the Hollywood factory of "beauty" and "charm". Madmen gravitate to madmen, which of course isn't exactly true, but holds up pretty well in the case of Herzog.
The boat in the tree does have an interesting story behind it, though I'm blanking on it at the moment...
That poor horse... I feel that, too--and how weird to leave him standing there with that stupid human mask on...
The film IS beautiful, you're right on. And it's the reason for a good deal of its tension; for the beauty is a sort simmering shimmering beauty of sight and sound and movement. It's idyllic and intoxicating, and thus, dangerous. Maybe real wild beauty always is: Aphrodite, Everest, great white shark.
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