This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
From the opening shot of the conquistadors marching across the mountain to Aguirre's final rambling speech on a raft surrounded by monkeys and corpses, Aguirre, the Wrath of God is a brilliant and endlessly compelling movie. Werner Herzog crafts a haunting and dark narrative about conquistadors on a doomed expedition for El Dorado as they descend into madness, complemented by Popol Vuh's magnificent score and Thomas Mauch's beautiful cinematography. This combination of breathtaking cinematography with the atmospheric soundtrack give the movie…