Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Peter Berling: Opera Manager

Quotes 

• Opera Manager : For five years now, we've been the richest town in the whole world. It's like gold fever. Please. Soon, this opera house could be too small. Prices are ten times higher than in New York. There are palaces begin built with tiles from Delft and Florentine marble.

  Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo' : But Iquitos is catching up. It's still a filthy little town, but the rubber business is growing by leaps and bounds.

  Opera Manager : The better-off citizens in Manaus, if I may put it this way, they send their laundry to Lisbon because the water of the Amazon River is felt to be impure.