Featured Audience Ratings

• Chris W

  
  The title of this short film pretty much says it all. When Errol Morris was still a fledgling director, he was given encouragement by Werner Herzog who told him that, if he completed a a feature film, he would eat one of his own shoes. Well, Morris made that film (Gates of Heaven),… More
  The title of this short film pretty much says it all. When Errol Morris was still a fledgling director, he was given encouragement by Werner Herzog who told him that, if he completed a a feature film, he would eat one of his own shoes. Well, Morris made that film (Gates of Heaven), and Herzog, a man of his word, made good on the bet, which was captured by Les Blank, who, spurred by his experience here, agreed to follow Herzog into the jungle to capture the making of Fitzcarraldo, and that project became Blank's film Burden of Dreams. When I say the title says it all, I'm not kidding. There's a bit more to it than that, mostly stuff that illustrates Herzog's personality and beliefs, but this really is pretty straightforward. To put it in just a few words: this is odd, charming, and pure Werner Herzog.

• Anthony L

  
  You've got to hand it to him, he's a man of his word! There is more to it than just a guy eating a shoe though, it?s a form of encouragement. I will make a film one day Mr Herzog, really i will! 5 stars, because I think Werner is brilliant!

• Sean L

  
  The title truly says it all.