Burden of Dreams (Restoration)
Year: 1982
- Director:
- Les Blank, Maureen Gosling
- Running Time:
- 94 mins
- Language:
- Spanish, English, German, Portuguese
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Genre(s):
- Documentary
Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur (Klaus Kinski) endeavors to push a steamship over a mountain to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle.
About the restoration: The 2024 breathtaking 6.5K frame by frame restoration and remastering of Burden of Dreams which features 5.1 sound, and involved replacing all pre-recorded and live music, spanned 2 years of meticulous work. The restoration was executive produced by Harrod Blank, Les Blank’s son, and financed by Les Blank Films, Inc. a non-profit that the director created before his death. The picture was conformed by Anthony Matt, color corrected by Paul Cope and then cleaned and restored using Diamant software by Anthony Matt. Maureen Gosling, who recorded and edited the original film also worked on quality control and assisted in the mix and audio tweaks. All of the audio restoration work was done by Nick Bergh.
Please note that this film has not yet been certified by the BBFC, please contact your local council for guidance.