Reconquest of the Useless
Reconquest of the Useless
2015, English. Directed by Sam Pressman.
RECONQUEST OF THE USELESS, a documentary film which follows the adventures of three young men as they journey nearly 5000 miles through the Peruvian Amazon, searching for inspiration and the legacy of Werner Herzog's classic film Fitzcarraldo & Les Blank's Burden of Dreams thirty years after they were made.
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- 1h 24m
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- English
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Reconquest of the Useless runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Reconquest of the Useless isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 October 2015. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Reconquest of the Useless?
If you liked Reconquest of the Useless, try Seduced and Abandoned, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, Burden of Dreams.
Who directed Reconquest of the Useless?
Reconquest of the Useless (2015) was directed by Sam Pressman.