Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Paul Hittscher: Captain (Orinoco Paul)
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Quotes
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Captain (Orinoco Paul) : There are silences and silences. This is the kind I don't like.
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Captain (Orinoco Paul) : My eyesight isn't so good, but I cannot be fooled.
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : What do you mean?
Captain (Orinoco Paul) : The jungle plays tricks on your senses. It's full of lies, demons, illusions. I have learned to tell the difference between reality and hallucinations.
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Captain (Orinoco Paul) : What do you know about the Jivaros on the upper course? I was there during the disaster of '96. Have you had any contact since then?
Young Missionary : Yes, some years ago. Two of our brothers set off with some natives. One of them came back a few days later and said that the Jivaros had withdrawn into the forest. The expedition vanished without a trace. Then, a few weeks later, one of the brothers was washed up. He was already rotting away and his head was gone. Anyway, what do you want up there?
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : I'm planning something geographical.
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Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : There. There's the Ucayali. All the river above Pongo das Mortes belongs to us.
Huerequeque (The Cook) : I knew it. I knew it! We are going to build a tunnel for the railway to go through.
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : No. We gonna drag that ship over the mountain. And the bare-asses are going to help us.
Captain (Orinoco Paul) : How the hell are you going to do that?
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : Just like the cow jumped over the moon.