Daniel and Corky descend through the clouds to review Klaus Kinski as a conquest-driven conquistador in Werner Herzog’s masterpiece. The rare absurdist-realist intimate epic, Aguirre is an impossible-to-recreate fever dream of colonial gold-lust run amok. But will your hosts sing the praises of Herzog’s God or curse its very name?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #118 [tied]
World premiere: Dec. 29, 1972
IMDB synopsis: “In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.”
Original theatrical trailer for Aguirre, the Wrath of God
“We descended through the clouds.”
Yi Yi (2000; Dir.: Edward Yang)
IMDB synopsis: “Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.”
Our review of Yi Yi comes out on Oct. 14!
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