Nowadays, Werner Herzog is best known for documentaries. But in the 1970s and ’80s, the German director made his name with magnificent art-house films, gorgeous in cinematography and composition, and with the unforgettable presence of his leading actor, Klaus Kinski. Mad-eyed yet sympathetic in Fitzcarraldo, Kinski plays a circa-1900 adventurer in Peru hauling a steamboat over a mountain. Quixotic is the word, but haunting are the images. Fitzcarraldo is out on Blu-ray.
