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* IronWoobie: Inez.

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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The film repeatedly twists real history to insert tropes and motifs from the Spanish Black Legend, but even if pointing this out, few Spaniards or Panhispanists will not acknowledge it as a true CultClassic by its own merits.
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* SpiritualAdaptation: Although not officially an adaptation of ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', its story of an insanity-inducing boat ride through a hostile jungle borrows considerably from Joseph Conrad's novella.

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* SpiritualAdaptation: Although not officially an adaptation of ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', its the film's story of an insanity-inducing boat ride through a hostile jungle borrows considerably from Joseph Conrad's novella.
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* SpiritualAdaptation: Although not officially an adaptation of ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', its story of an insanity-inducing boat ride through a hostile jungle borrows considerably from Joseph Conrad's novella.
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* AwardSnub: It won several prestigious film awards, but it wasn't nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

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* AwardSnub: It won several prestigious film awards, but it wasn't nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.Film.
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* CrazyAwesome: Creator/WernerHerzog, just for having the guts to do the movie from beginning to end.

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* CrazyAwesome: CrazyIsCool: Creator/WernerHerzog, just for having the guts to do the movie from beginning to end.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The first collaboration between Herzog and Popol Vuh.
* CrazyAwesome: Herzog, just for having the guts to do the movie from beginning to end.

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* AwardSnub: It won several prestigious film awards, but it wasn't nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The first collaboration between Herzog Creator/WernerHerzog and Popol Vuh.
* CrazyAwesome: Herzog, Creator/WernerHerzog, just for having the guts to do the movie from beginning to end.
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* AssPull: When Inez walks away into the jungle, she suddenly wears a beautiful white and yellow dress we have never seen before. It seems rather implausible that she had it in her luggage all the time; but it has no bearing on the plot anyway.

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* AssPull: When Inez walks away into the jungle, she suddenly wears a beautiful white and yellow dress we have never seen before. It seems rather implausible that she had it in her luggage all the time; time, but it has no bearing on the plot anyway.



* HarsherInHindsight: At the end of the film, Aguirre rants about wanting to marry his daughter. Years after Creator/KlausKinski died, his daughter Pola revealed that he sexually abused her.

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* HarsherInHindsight: At the end of the film, Aguirre rants about wanting to marry his daughter.daughter, with him even treating her almost like a lover much beforehand. Years after Creator/KlausKinski died, his daughter Pola revealed that he sexually abused her.



* MainstreamObscurity: ''Aguirre'' is highly regarded by movie critics and cinephiles, but it is not widely known.

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* MainstreamObscurity: ''Aguirre'' is Although highly regarded by movie critics and cinephiles, but it ''Aguirre'' is not widely known.known among mass audiences.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The first collaboration between Herzog and Popol Vuh.



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The first collaboration between Herzog and Popol Vuh.



* SignatureScene: Aguirre lecturing the monkeys on his plans to build a continental empire.

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* SignatureScene: Aguirre lecturing the monkeys on his plans to build a continental empire.empire.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The talking head... after getting severed from the body.
** Even when the soldiers are dying of hunger, Guzman is gorging on the food. When Guzman is distracted, everyone sneaks in and starts eating the food on the table, even Carvajal!


* ChaoticEvil: Aguirre is a raving lunatic who endlessly dreams up betrayals, executions and incest. Doubles as StupidEvil, since he is too far gone to even notice his followers dying around him.
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* ChaoticEvil: Aguirre is a raving lunatic who endlessly dreams up betrayals, executions and incest. Doubles as StupidEvil, since he is too far gone to even notice his followers dying around him.
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* HarsherInHindsight: At the end of the film, Aguirre rants about wanting to marry his daughter. Years after Creator/KlausKinski died, his daughter Pola revealed that he sexually abused her.
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* ArtImitatesLife / LifeImitatesArt: They filmed the movie in the actual jungle, which was almost as foolish and dangerous a move as those of the characters in the movie. Of course the movie is based on real life, making this life imitating art imitating life.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The talking head...after severed from the body.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The talking head... after getting severed from the body.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The talking head...after severed from the body.
** Even when the soldiers are dying of hunger, Guzman is gorging on the food. When Guzman is distracted, everyone sneaks in and starts eating the food on the table, even Carvajal!
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* ArtImitatesLife/LifeImitatesArt: They filmed the movie in the actual jungle, which was almost as foolish and dangerous a move as those of the characters in the movie. Of course the movie is based on real life, making this life imitating art imitating life.

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* ArtImitatesLife/LifeImitatesArt: ArtImitatesLife / LifeImitatesArt: They filmed the movie in the actual jungle, which was almost as foolish and dangerous a move as those of the characters in the movie. Of course the movie is based on real life, making this life imitating art imitating life.
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* ArtImitatesLife/LifeImitatesArt: They filmed the movie in the actual jungle, which was almost as foolish and dangerous a move as those of the characters in the movie. Of course the movie is based on real life, making this life imitating art imitating life.
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* MainstreamObscurity: ''Aguirre'' is highly regarded by movie critics and cinephiles, but it is not widely known.
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* SignatureScene: Aguirre lecturing the monkeys on his plans to build a continental empire.

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