Thursday, November 16, 2006

Kinski, Wrath of God



Wow I sure was angry earlier! I just finished watching My Best Fiend, a documentary about Herzog and Kinski's relationship throughout their films together. I learned a lot about both of them, and really appreciated it having seen the Herzog films that Kinski was in (I haven't seen Nosferatu or Cobra Verde yet). I think what amazed me most was how young Herzog was during Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo. Herzog was nearly my age, and he was doing this insane films. He was in Peru, in South America, often stranded, filming with a whack like Kinski, and creating genius. And I sit online all day. Makes me want to be greater.
I like seeing Eva Mattes and Claudia Cardinale in present day in the film, after seeing them in Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo, and Stroszek. Herzog has such skill in picking the perfect actors/actresses for his roles. I've never been in such awe of an artist in my life, and I don't think this admiration is going away anytime soon.

3 Comments:

At 11:04 AM , Blogger John Hewn said...

'zog is the supreme master to say the least. Think I'm gonna buy the non-Kinski box like nowish ($30 on eBay = no brainer). How bout this though?

 
At 11:06 AM , Blogger bucktown weebie ain't goin' back to jail said...

WHOAAAAA That's pretty sweet.

Yeah I should by the box set, I'm just lazy. And if I bought it, I'd watch Stroszek like 30 times a day.

 
At 2:43 PM , Blogger bucktown weebie ain't goin' back to jail said...

Oh yeah - the best part about My Best Fiend was that the Indians asked Herzog if he wanted them to kill Kinski, and they were dead serious. AWESOME

 

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