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* [[Determinator]]: Fitzcarraldo. He won’t stop to reach his goal of building an opera house in Iquitos, even though he already failed with a previous enterprise (a trans-Andean railway) and he definitely won’t stop his journey just because the river he wants to reach is several hundreds of miles apart from where his boat is. |
* [[Determinator]]: Fitzcarraldo. He won’t stop to reach his goal of building an opera house in Iquitos, even though he already failed with a previous enterprise (a trans-Andean railway) and he definitely won’t stop his journey just because the river he wants to reach is several hundreds of miles apart from where his boat is. |
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** Herzog also qualifies, because in spite of all the trials and tribulations of the film, he never stopped working on it. |
** Herzog also qualifies, because in spite of all the trials and tribulations of the film, he never stopped working on it. |
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* [[Doing It for the Art]]: There is no other reason for Herzog to pull this dangerous and crazy stunt. |
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* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|The plan to move the boat is a success, but the Indians betray him and Fitzcarraldo is lucky to keep his life and the boat after the rapids}}. He seems happy at the end, though. |
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|The plan to move the boat is a success, but the Indians betray him and Fitzcarraldo is lucky to keep his life and the boat after the rapids}}. He seems happy at the end, though. |
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** What? How can this possibly be a [[Downer Ending]]? {{spoiler|Fitzcarraldo SUCCEEDED in his original objective, to bring opera to Iquitos, when he found out that the opera company was available and needed transport. See above under [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].}} |
** What? How can this possibly be a [[Downer Ending]]? {{spoiler|Fitzcarraldo SUCCEEDED in his original objective, to bring opera to Iquitos, when he found out that the opera company was available and needed transport. See above under [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].}} |
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