The story of Fitzcarraldo (1982) was inspired by the real-life story of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald, who arranged for the transport of a steamship piece by piece over the mountains to the Madre de Dios basin in Peru. Of course, if that movie was made today, it would be a combination of models and... Continue Reading →
I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am… a man! The Elephant Man (1980)
Until Straight Story (1999), I never got David Lynch. I remember myself proclaiming: "Lynch CAN make a good movie, but he just doesn't want to." After watching that one, and I hope to write my thoughts on it soon, I watched The Elephant Man (1980), and I once again had the same thought. It took... Continue Reading →