AGUIRRE WRATH OF GOD - DVD

AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD (DVD)
A film by Werner Herzog

Shot entirely on location in the wild Amazonian jungle near Machu Picchu, Aguirre, Wrath of God stars the legendarily volatile Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre)as Don Lope de Aguirre, a power-crazed sixteenth-century explorer who leads a troupe of conquistadors on a doomed expedition in search of El Dorado, the fabled City of Gold.

A visceral, ambitious exploration of megalomania and savage beauty, Aguirre remains one of Herzog's most brilliant achievements and one of German cinema's totemic masterpieces.

Special features

• Original 5.1 mono audio (German and English)
• Original theatrical trailer
• Stills Gallery
• The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967, 15 mins): symbolic drama about four young men hiding from an imagined enemy
• Last Words (Werner Herzog, 1968, 13 mins): short film about the last man to leave a former leper colony
• Precautions Against Fanatics (Werner Herzog, 1969,11 mins): short satire about horse-racing enthusiasts
• Fata Morgana (1971, 74 mins): hallucinatory film exploring mirages and the Mayan creation myth
• Feature-length Werner Herzog audio commentaries on Aguirre, Wrath of God and Fata Morgana

Germany | 1972 | colour | German language, with optional English subtitles; English language | 91 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Dolby Digital mono audio (192kbps) | Cert PG (contains moderate violence) | Region 2 DVD

Review

The whole movie merges landscapes and character with such force that, once seen, you never forget it. ***** --Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard

Herzog's mad 1972 masterpiece still has its hallucinatory charge. ***** --Cath Clarke, Time Out

Masterly. ***** --David Parkinson, Empire