#074: (Pt. 1) The Lost City of Z / Burden of Dreams

The Next Picture Show

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Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

James Gray’s new jungle adventure THE LOST CITY OF Z inspired us to take another trip to the Amazon via Les Blank’s BURDEN OF DREAMS, the 1982 documentary chronicling the notoriously difficult filming of Werner Herzog’s Amazonian epic FITZCARRALDO. In this half, we talk about Herzog — both the director and the pop-culture character we’ve come to know — and the borderline-mania that seems to drive his unique process. We also wrestle with what BURDEN reveals about how the indigenous people who worked on Herzog’s film were treated. Plus, some feedback from our recent episodes on THE MATRIX and GHOST IN THE SHELL. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about BURDEN OF DREAMS, THE LOST CITY OF Z, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:05.1	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:11.9	We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:18.1	Welcome to the next picture show, a movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film and how it shaped our thoughts in a recent release.
0:24.3	I'm Scott Tobias here with...
0:25.6	Keith Thubes.
0:26.4	And...
0:26.6	Genevieve Kovicke.
0:27.5	Here on the next picture show, we believe that no film exists in a vacuum and that all culture is more interesting in context.
0:33.1	So every other week, we get together to talk over a classic film and consider how it relates to a current movie.
0:38.7	This week, we're hacking our way through miles of untamed South American jungle in search of profound truths and ancient civilizations.
0:45.8	Personally, I love the jungle.
0:47.6	I think it's full of erotic elements.
0:49.5	What do you think, Genevieve?
0:50.7	Well, there is some sort of harmony here, Scott.
0:53.0	It is the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder.
0:56.0	Wow.
0:56.7	So I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one.
0:59.5	But maybe we'll settle our differences over the two jungle adventures in this week's
1:02.6	episode.
1:03.4	Want to tell us about those?
1:04.7	Oh, sure.
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