Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1973)
97 %
Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 29 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis: Based on the journals of Brother Gaspar de Carvajal, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD is director Werner Herzog's hallucinatory tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, in 16th-century Peru. When the travellers reach an impasse, a scouting party is... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro
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05/05/07
Potheads who watch this will probably check their stash the next morning to see if any of it's gone.
04/09/07
A seminal film without which we almost cerainly would not have with us either Apocalypse Now or much of the ouevre of Terence Malick.
10/20/06
Aguirre, Wrath of God is not just a great movie but an essential one.
10/17/06
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A saga of adventurers driven headlong into annihilation by their own hubris and desire for immortality.
10/03/06
Takes us into a visually stunning and surreal Heart of Darkness adventure.
04/07/06
[A]n anti-epic about European conquest that, while based in part on ... an ill-fated historical expedition, is as macabre as a Poe story.
09/26/05
It's a testament to the genius of Aguirre: The Wrath of God that its genesis has spawned its own creation mythology.
04/19/05
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Depicted conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro is driven, pompous, and partially ignorant – traits mirrored in director Werner Herzog for leading his crew into identical endurances. His resulting work is a vision of rare audacity.
12/03/02
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