This week we're going back to 16th-century Peru with Aguirre, The Wrath of God! Join us as we learn about Spanish women who went on expeditions, the real Lope de Aguirre, the wild stories behind the production of this film, and more!
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of incest and sexual abuse.
Sources:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguirre,_the_Wrath_of_God
Roger Ebert Review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-aguirre-the-wrath-of-god-1972
Geoff Andrew, "Great Beginnings: Aguirre, The Wrath of God," BFI: https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/great-beginnings-aguirre-wrath-god
Michael Atkinson, "Werner's World," Criterion, available at https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6529-werner-s-world?srsltid=AfmBOopmJcoczeWFdUu2Io46q1vEQHdNjG8DzsLtojNkiAPjPhGS0E8U
Anya Jeremko-Greenwald, "11 Craziest Things That Have Happened During the Making of Werner Herzog's Films," IndieWire: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/11-craziest-things-that-have-happened-during-the-making-of-werner-herzogs-films-58559/
Kate Connolly, "Klaus Kinski Repeatedly Raped Me During My Childhood, Claims Daughter," The Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/10/klaus-kinski-rape-claims-daughter
Roger Ebert Interview with Werner Herzog: https://web.archive.org/web/20190626115333/https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-werner-herzog
Lope de Aguirre to Philip, King of Spain, 1561, letter, translated by Tom Holloway, Modern History Sourcebook, Fordham University. https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1561aguirre.asp
Hernán Neira, "The Philosophical Underwriting of a Rebellion: Pedro de Ursua and Lope de Aguirre's Expedition in Search of El Dorado," Chasqui 37, no.2 (2008): 106-126. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29742271
Descubrimiento del río de las Amazonas según la relación hasta ahora inédita de Fr. Gaspar de Carvajal, con otros documentos referentes á Francisco de Orellana y sus compañeros; publicados á expensas del Excmo. Sr. duque de T'Serclaes de Tilly, con una introducción histórica y algunas ilustraciones por José Toribio Medina
Beatriz Pastor, "Lope de Aguirre the Wanderer: Knowledge and Madness," Disposito 11, no.28/29 (1986): 85-98. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41491291
Pedro Simon, The expedition of Pedro de Ursua & Lope de Aguirre in search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1 Translated from Fray Pedro Simon's Sixth Historical Notice of the Conquest of Tierra Firme by William Bollaert (London: Hakluyt Society, 1861). https://archive.org/details/expeditionofpedr00simrich
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lope-de-Aguirre
Rocio Quispe-Agnoli, "Taking Possession of the New World: Powerful Female Agency of Early Colonial Accounts of Peru," Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers 28, 2 (2011)
Eloisa Gomez-Lucena, "Who Were the Women Conquistadores in the Americas?" National Geographic, available at https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/women-conquistadoras-spain-america
