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Burden of Dreams (Country: United States; Year: 1982; Director: Les Blank)
Documentary about director Werner Herzog struggling against desperate odds in the Amazon basin to make his epic feature Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Country: United States; Year: 1979; Director: Les Blank; Writer: Werner Herzog)
Yes, German film director Werner Herzog really does eat his shoe to fulfil a vow to fellow filmmaker Errol Morris.
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