"Aguirre, God's Scourge"

Justus 2021-12-21 08:01:15

"Aguirre, God's Wrath"

The blood, guns, archery, etc. inside are very random, and more symbolic is used, which is understandable. But the rough recordings and dull group performances can't justify the mouth shape. It's still a five-star work, with successful characterization, Aguirre's actor is very good, and the drama is also very strong, quite like a stage play.

The wet video and the wonderful plot are actually more flavorful the more you think about it.

Uh, it turned out to be the director of "Happy People". .

reading notes:

The cost of the film is 370,000 US dollars, of which one-third is Kinsky's remuneration. Because of the limited cost, Herzog could not afford too many people to film on the river, so the entire crew had less than 10 filming crews. Sometimes, in order to have breakfast, he had to sell his boots or watch.

Herzog's works have always attached importance to the insinuation and metaphor of the landscape to the human heart, and the film has brought this into full play.

The film allegorizes historical events, but also expresses the collapse of a certain social order and the failure of fantasies in the face of reality.

A good movie is the kind that can subvert your understanding of existing movies and make you want to pick up the camera after watching it.

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Extended Reading
  • Annette 2022-04-21 09:02:30

    Very Helwig is crazy realistic and dull like "A Boat on Land". I don't like the image style of this film very much.

  • Leonard 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    Herzog's dramas always give me the feeling that monty python can't even though he's meant to be so, that kind of lost in the search for meaning. Aguirre is the god who descended from the Andes (vertical Andean terrain in the title and the conqueror with the bass roar), the wrath of God is Captain Ahab on the Amazon raft (the end of all sacrifices in pursuit of El Dorado) is the deepest darkness The heart of Spanish Kurtz (abandoned suzerain is king) Herzog's animal is a metaphor for human beings reduced to livestock. Its cruel treatment is disturbing, but its tenacity is especially reflected in the little mouse with the baby, the little black pig, and the cannibals. Butterfly still in the hands of the nursing paparazzi in the village and the monkey who finally tries to occupy the raft. This way of forcibly inserting into nature also establishes the aspect of film as a documentary exploration, especially the water traces and the randomness of the raft and jungle shooting that are often carried in the first half of the shot, which highlights the Kon Tiki-style reality within the shooting outside the story. . A sailboat hanging high in a tree pointing to the land for boating?

Aguirre, the Wrath of God quotes

  • Don Fernando de Guzman: It won't be much longer. El Dorado could be only a few days away. No more rust on the cannon. We shall shoot our enemies with golden bullets. And you, Okello, will serve food on golden platters.

    Okello: All of us will get something out of this. Governorships, provinces, women. And perhaps I'll even be free.

    Brother Gaspar de Carvajal: Let us not forget the most important part of our mission. To spread the Word of God to these savages.

    Don Fernando de Guzman: I'm sure you'd like a golden cross encrusted with jewels instead of the silver one you lost.

  • Brother Gaspar de Carvajal: Things are not turning out as we expected. We see nothing but hunger and death. We lose men, but, never see the enemy. Until now, El Dorado has only been an illusion.

    Don Lope de Aguirre: The conquest of Mexico was no illusion. If we turn back now, others will come, and they'll succeed. And we'll remain nobodies. Even if this land is only trees and water we'll conquer it.