Catherine W

Epic . Even more epic than an epic. This is visceral immersive intelligent extraordinary and Amazon Amazing. Casting Klaus kinski is inspired nothing short. Herzog is an important director and he never even went to film school. You are right there with them on the trail that led to madness illness and death in the epicentre. Aguirre's vanity project ended with him alone on a sinking raft surrounded by monkeys. The pride before the fall he was the monkey on his own back. Sheer riveting filmatic brilliance