u/dontnukemebro

Fitzcarraldo is a fantastic film, the brief synopsis is an eccentric Irishman wanting to build an opera house in the middle of the Amazon jungle. To amass the funds needed he seeks to break into the booming rubber business by claiming an untapped zone, unreachable due to river rapids and hostile natives. How he plans to get there is either genius or delusional madman.

I loved this film, the cinematography is such that you could take almost any frame as a fantastic photo. The film has aged well, I was immediately captivated by both the beautiful setting and the unfolding of the plot, there's some edge-of-your-seat "what is he up to" for the first half while his plan is a secret. Every character is deliberate and unique and just interesting, particular the boat itself which is its own character that comes to life and develops throughout the gauntlet its put through. There's much to be said about capitalism and extreme wealth inequality, or you can just view it as a wild business venture by a madman through the Amazonian jungle.