Item #: 23518DV Category: HERZOG, WERNER Format: DVD MPAA Rating: U

Woolly Rating: 5/10 (83 votes)

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DKB	Dec 21, 2005 @ 15:17:8

ODD COUPLE: HERZOG & KINSKI
This fascinating 1999 documentary explores the strange friendship between German director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski (1926-91). At the age of 13, Herzog first met Kinski(then 29) and later directed him in five films, including AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (72), NOSFERATU (79) and FITZCARRELDO (82). Kinski almost certainly suffered from some sort of bi-polar disorder which produced occasional spectacular, uncontrollable rages. (Think Bobby Knight on Prozac.) In fact, it was a minor miracle that Kinski didn't kill or wasn't killed by someone. Herzog tells the story of a tribe of Amazonian Indians that seriously offered to do exactly that. Herzog himself was fanatical and obsessive when it came do doing things his own way--witness the incredible obstacles he encountered in the Amazon. But the two men curiously complemented each other to the extent that they were able to make some memorable films together--even though they finally parted ways. Herzog tosses in a few kind words about Kinski from a couple of his female co-stars, but nary a word from any of his four wives or three children. This was a true love/hate relationship as only two brothers or two geniuses could feel for each other. Highly recommended.

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