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Movies that feel like Burden of Dreams (1982)
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
If you loved Burden of Dreams, the closest films we have are Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), Streetwise (1984) and The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987). All three share Burden of Dreams' contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Marjoe (1972).
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If Burden of Dreams hit the spot, these will too
Both are working the same pair: movie business, behind the scenes
Contemplative documentary in both cases
Documentary built on stillness, twice over
Both lean on stillness more than on documentary
Both working the same documentary territory
Documentary in the same key
One thread runs through both: filmmaking
Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft
Both are documentary through and through
Documentary approached the same way
The documentary is handled with the same confidence
Documentary of the same temperament
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The best-reviewed films that share Burden of Dreams’ defining feeling.
