The Trials of Fitzcarraldo: Werner Herzog on The Jungle and Filmmaking (Burden Of Dreams Edit)

This edit is focused on the effect that stress and discontent can have on a persons entire outlook. Herzog sees the Jungle in a very negative way, mainly due to the fact that he was making a film which was seemingly impossible to finish. The negative emotion that comes with the difficulties of filmmaking seem to bleed into his perception of his surroundings and career choices as a whole. ’The Trials of Fitzcarraldo’ is the result of an editing challenge wherein I wanted to make a coherent ∼5 minute documen