Conquest of the UselessFor the first time in red spine, Werner Herzog's legendary document of his most infamous act the filming of his masterpiece, Fitzcarraldo A fever dream journal documenting the making of cinema's most infamous production, from the world's most infamously visionary director Werner Herzog. In 1982, the visionary film director, Werner Herzog, released Fitzcarraldo, a lavish film about a would be rubber baron who pulls a 320 ton steamship over a mountain.