Argot Pictures

31/10/2024

Werner Herzog & Harrod Blank, backstage at the Academy Museum. 9.7.24

04/10/2024

New York pals,
New 4K restoration of BURDEN OF DREAMS
returns to NYC this weekend.
Oct. 5 - 1:15pm
Oct. 6 - 12:45 & 5:45pm
"An extraordinary document of the filmmaking process and a unique look into the single-minded mission of one of cinema’s most fearless directors." The Santa Fe New Mexican

Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.

01/10/2024

Special screening of Rowdy Girl Film in Sebastopol, CA tomorrow(Oct.2 @6:30pm).
Renee King-Sonnen in person. Thanks to our friends Goatlandia for sponsoring.

After a spiritual awakening, a former Texas cattle rancher leaves the cruel cycle of animal agriculture and transforms her husband’s beef operation into a sanctuary.

21/09/2024

Tonight I'll be in Brattleboro, VT to introduce
the new 4K restoration of
BURDEN OF DREAMS
Epsilon Spires
Hope to see some friends.

Theatrical trailer 2024Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur...

13/09/2024

BURDEN OF DREAMS
new 4K restoration
New Paltz, NY - Denizen Theatre
Sept. 13-14 @ 7:30pm

"Blank created an enduring record of hubris, exploitation and unrelenting misadventure in the pursuit of artistic greatness."
Zachary Barnes - The Wall Street Journal

Theatrical trailer 2024Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur...

05/09/2024

BURDEN OF DREAMS
new 4K restoraion
Speed Art Museum - Louisville, KY - Sept. 6-7
Upstate Films - Saugerties, NY (Last day) Sept. 5
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - LA, CA - Sept. 7
(SOLD OUT) - Werner Herzog in person

"Blank created an enduring record of hubris, exploitation and unrelenting misadventure in the pursuit of artistic greatness."
Zachary Barnes - The Wall Street Journal

Theatrical trailer 2024Burden of Dreams captures legendary director Werner Herzog’s filming of his most ambitious film Fitzcarraldo, in which an entrepreneur...

31/08/2024

Burden of Dreams opens today Milwaukee friends! Comment and like to let us know what you think about the restoration 🚢

30/08/2024

Come see Kinski talk more about the views and get some free stuff at Upstate Films Orpheum tonight in Saugerties, NY 🚢

30/08/2024

Hudson Valley pals,
I'll be introducing tonight's 7:15pm screening of BURDEN OF DREAMS in Saugerties, NY. Come on down to catch the new restoration on screen.
"Burden of Dreams doesn’t need to be seen; it needs to be experienced." William Blick - Film International

A new 4K restoration. Documentary wizard Les Blank accompanied German auteur Werner Herzog into the Amazon to make this indelibly archetypal documentary. It details Herzog’s struggles to overcome combustible actors, bad weather and other impossible hurdles to make his film Fitzcarraldo. (dir. Les ...

30/08/2024

4 tickets to Burden of Dreams please 🚢

29/08/2024

Film friends ! Here’s the next few cities Burden of Dreams is playing at: Saugerties, NY August 30 - September 5, 2024 at Upstate Films and the Oriental Theatre MKE
August 31 - September 1, 2024 🚢

28/08/2024

Remember the time Burden of Dreams made it into the WSJ 🚢

The subject of a new 4K restoration, Les Blank’s 1982 documentary follows the German filmmaker during the long, seemingly cursed production of his Amazonian epic ‘Fitzcarraldo.’

28/08/2024

Don’t forget! The 4K restoration of Burden of Dreams is now playing at the Orpheum in SAUGERTIES, NY 🚢

A new 4K restoration. Documentary wizard Les Blank accompanied German auteur Werner Herzog into the Amazon to make this indelibly archetypal documentary. It details Herzog’s struggles to overcome combustible actors, bad weather and other impossible hurdles to make his film Fitzcarraldo. (dir. Les ...

27/08/2024

Ottawa ! There’s a few more days to see Burden of Dreams before it closes at the Mayfair Theatre 🚢

Burden Of Dreams – Ottawa Premiere of the 4K Restoration – Screening on August 26, 28! Advance tickes now available for Burden Of Dreams! Fitzcarraldo (the film subject of this documentary) screens on August 25, 29! The Amazon rain…

26/08/2024

NY Friends! There has been a change in venue for the Burden of Dreams at Upstate Films. It is playing at the Orpheum in Saugerties, NY 🚢

25/08/2024

Nashville, New York, and Ottawa !! There’s still time to catch Burden of Dreams! We are also adding new dates so follow us on socials and chekx out our site 🚢

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.

23/08/2024

Nashville !!! Burden of Dreams 4K restoration has made its way to you playing at the now until Aug 26 🚢