Burden of Dreams Blu-ray

Release Year: 1982

Runtime: 97 min

Director: Les Blank

Cast: Candace Laughlin, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Alfredo de Río Tambo

Studios: Flower Films

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

Supervised by filmmaker Harrod Blank, director Les Blank's son, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.

Alternate uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio commentary

Featuring Les Blank, editor and sound recordist Maureen Gosling, and Fitzcarraldo director Werner Herzog.

Interview with Herzog: Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)

A short film by Blank.

Deleted scenes

Behind-the-scenes photos taken by Gosling

Trailer

New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by film scholar Paul Arthur

Technical Specifications:

• 96 Minutes
• Color
• 5.1 Surround in English, German, Spanish, and Indigenous Peruvian Languages with English Subtitles
• 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
• DTS-HD Master Audio