Fitzcarraldo

I've written about 5,500 words. I should be at about 10,000. I'm getting there. I've found I can write about 1000 words an hour. Last night I went to Joe's house for writing time, and then we watched Fitzcarraldo, a Herzog movie I'm ashamed to say I hadn't seen yet. The movie is over two and a half hours long, and is the slowest paced Herzog I've seen, beating Even Dwarves Started Small for the title of Slowest Herzog Movie. However, I enjoyed it regardless. Kinski plays this whacky Irishman in the Amazon at the turn of the century, who is obsessed with bringing his favorite opera singer to his crappy town. He buys this giant boat in attempt to find some unmined rubber trees and get rich, to fund the opera. Essentially, the film is all him on the boat and him with the natives trying to get the boat over this massive hill (dry land) to the other side without getting into the rapids. I think it's my least favorite Herzog film, although it seems like its many major fan's favorite. I'm still sticking with Stroszek as the best. Seeing Fitzcarraldo also makes me want to see My Best Fiend the doc about Herzog and Kinski's relationship. And to end off this Herzog obsession, if anybody loves me a whole whole lot, you can buy me The Herzog Collection DVD Box Set I've had my eye on for over a year. Think of the baby jesus and christmas, and how much I love Christmas and Herzog and presents.