I have just watched one of my all-time favourite films - Fitzcarraldo.
Fitzcarraldo treads the fine line between genius and madness - with a passion for bringing opera to tha Amazonian jungle. In order to finance this scheme he needs to make a fortune somehow.
He realises that a fortune in rubber is waiting to be claimed, however it lies up river from extreme rapids. His plan is to take an old riverboat across land to the river above the rapids - see image right.
The film contains a terrific scene where the boat is set free by natives and goes careering down the river and through the rapids.
Klaus Kinski is brilliant as the genius Fitzcarraldo - the film is directed by Werner Herzog.
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