In “Fitzcarraldo,” the owner of that boat is Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, who is attempting to make his fortune as a rubber baron to finance his operatic fantasy.

To say Fitzcarraldo Editions is a one-off would be putting things mildly. It’s a publishing house that looks – and sometimes acts – like an indie record label. It’s a for-profit business that ...

Alamo Drafthouse, Golden Hornet Composer Laboratory, and LOLA (Local Opera Local Artists) invite lovers of opera and adventure to attend an epic Fitzcarraldo Boat Party. The afternoon begins with ...

The making-of companion to 1982's Fitzcarraldo captures extreme filmmaking. IndieWire After ... getting a groundbreaking movie made and seen can be a challenge on par with moving a boat up a hill.

ROME (Reuters) -Werner Herzog, the veteran German director of "Fitzcarraldo" and "Grizzly Man", will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this year's Venice Film Festival ...

Fitzcarraldo Editions has acquired an "exciting" new trilogy by Nobel Literature Laureate Jon Fosse, ... while sleeping on his boat, he hears a familiar voice: unexpectedly, it is Eline, who, ...

Werner Herzog’s 1982 film “Fitzcarraldo” is the story of a driven, arguably delusional man hacking his way through the jungle in pursuit of a quixotic aspiration: to build an opera house in ...