Aguirre, the Wrath of God [1972 film]
by Werner Herzog (Director/Screenwriter)
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A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.Tags
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Nel 1560, una spedizione spagnola va alla ricerca del mitico El Dorado, ma resta bloccata nella giungla. L'ambizioso e spietato Lope de Aguirre uccide il capo e prende il comando, ma i mille pericoli sul percorso portano a un esito per lui tragico. (fonte: Imdb)
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As Aguirre, Klaus Kinski, wearing a metal helmet that seemed to be soldered to his skull, had so little to do that he kept acting up a grotesque storm. Aguirre's glassy blue eyes didn't blink; they seemed to have popped open and stayed that way. He was like an angry, domineering Bette Davis....
The imagery of Aguirre—visionary, skewed, cuckoo—was a hallucinatory horror trip. The film took show more the edge off Coppola's still-to-come version of Conrad's dreamlike Heart of Darkness; Herzog had made the white-intruders-vs.-the-natives trip first. (Some moviegoers cheered each time an Indian's poisoned arrow hit its mark.) Apocalypse Now was clearly influenced by Aguirre. and Coppola may have acknowledged the debt in a visual gesture: his image of a wrecked plane nesting in a tree was possibly an homage to Herzog. though it couldn't match the shivery wit of that boat. Coppola's image could be accounted for; Herzog's had the purity of madness. show less
The imagery of Aguirre—visionary, skewed, cuckoo—was a hallucinatory horror trip. The film took show more the edge off Coppola's still-to-come version of Conrad's dreamlike Heart of Darkness; Herzog had made the white-intruders-vs.-the-natives trip first. (Some moviegoers cheered each time an Indian's poisoned arrow hit its mark.) Apocalypse Now was clearly influenced by Aguirre. and Coppola may have acknowledged the debt in a visual gesture: his image of a wrecked plane nesting in a tree was possibly an homage to Herzog. though it couldn't match the shivery wit of that boat. Coppola's image could be accounted for; Herzog's had the purity of madness. show less
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- Canonical title
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God [1972 film]
- Original title
- Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
- Original publication date
- 1972-12-29
- People/Characters
- Lope de Aguirre; Inés de Atienza; Pedro de Ursúa; Gaspar de Carvajal
- Important places
- Inca Empire; Machu Picchu, Peru; Peru; Andes Mountains; El Dorado
- Important events
- Christmas; New Year; Incan Civilization; Spanish Conquest of Peru; 16th century; 1560s (show all 7); 1560
- Related movies
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972 | IMDb)
- Original language
- German
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- 791.4372094309047 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Europe Germany and central Europe standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography By period 1900-1999 1970-1979
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- PN1997 .A23 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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