HERZOG: Let's make a movie about the psycho who pulled a steam boat over and across the Andes. PRODUCER: oh yeah, whats your plan? HERZOG: Let's get a psycho and pull a steam boat over and across the Andes
Herzog had cast a much more stable actor for the part but he got sick on set and was so ill he was not allowed to return to set. Herzog actually contacted Kinski in desperation and Kinski apparently came onboard immediately to save the film.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
+error0ne i've gotten pretty good at seeing through herzog's bullshit, and that's bullshit. like the anecdote about herzog threatening to shoot kinski(as kinski pointed out, there's no such thing as a gun with nine bullets).
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
Saxer was like Kinski's older brother at times like this. Taking crap from his little brother without rising to it because he knew he'd just be creating more problems for himself if he responded in the same way 😂
I just stayed at Walter Saxer's hotel in Iquitos, Peru. He was really gracious and discussed Fitzcarraldo with me. The hotel was, let's say.... extremely Herzogian 😂
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
@ice9557 He beat 3 women half to death permanently blinding 2 of them and also cut one woman’s tongue out on crawl space. Threw kerosene on another and was stopped before lighting A match to her. The next day crushed her skull in with a large stone.
He knew how to calm him , by playing to his huge ego , making him important , Herzog kept him under control when the hostile temper flared up at others
Kinski was later reincarnated as a penguin. Despite not having the ability to shout and scream he still managed to stomp off in a huff while being filmed by Werner Herzog.
Yes, but yet Herzog kept working with him. He knows Kinski made his movies, so really, the man can't complain at all. I'm a bit tired of seeing him acting like he made Kinski. Kinski was an absolute asshole but Herzog is no angel.
@@ParanoidParkProject The thing is, even outside of the few movie with Kinski, Herzog style have a stellar carrer, which really isn't the case for Kinski.
He was one of the only directors of films who actually had a relationship with Kinski and eventhough he know his tempers he kept on hiring him. Despite of that, Herzog could never figure the man out. Because he was mad, just like Herzog himself.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
Whenever I come across some jerk at work that screams around and behaves like a pile of apeshit I remember Herzog in this incident and how calm and relaxed his reaction was. This calms me down as well and I can suddenly handle all kinds of shit of people without getting angry myself.
There is also an audio tape here on YT where Kinski is constantly insulting Herzog (hilarious btw) and Herzog stays calm over 10 to 15 minutes of rampage (at one point even Herzogs wife is heard, saying "stop it stop it leave my man alone";-)))). Herzog really knew how to handle Kinski who was actually a pathetic coward who shyed away as soon as things got physical.
I wouldnt say that. Herzog only knew that he needed Kinski as an actor. He had tremendous respect for his skill. But as a human being, he did not hold him in high regard. You can read that between the lines if you listen to Herzog on "Mein liebster Feind"
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
0:12 "This time I'll be sitting in that fucked-up car of yours, wearing your costume in the Netherlands." Doesn't make any sense at all, that's probably why it wasn't translated.
ANONYMOUS GRANDASS Makes sense. He says "This time i dont sit in costume in your fucked up car in holland". He had to do with saxer in the past and in his car kinski had problems with him before. We just don't know what happened, but these to knew.
OK, Bateman, it had to do with the filming of Nosferatu a year or so earlier. Kinski had his make up put on in his hotel in Delft in the Netherlands where filming took place and Saxer picked him up at the hotel in complete make up and drove him to the filming location with his car. All supposedly in high summer heat. Understandable rage.
Yes, my exact thoughts when I first saw this. But Herzog's quite obviously just as insane - only quieter, with a better sense of self-preservation, and disguises it better. If you're into astrology, Cancer Moons (Herzog), and Pisces Moons (Kinski), should in theory get on...but Cancer Moons care more about popularity than anything else (they're rather wishy-washy humblebraggers who like to give the impression they have plenty of "friends", in my opinion, even if they don't). They also lie. A lot. Will do anything for publicity. Pisces Moon is the undisputed genius, evil or no, with an understanding of the human condition that is several hundred leagues ahead of everyone else. But at least with Pisces Moon, you know that what you see, is what you're going to be getting. They don't do hypocrisy very well. If they try it, they're generally crap at it. Pisces Moon and Cancer Moon can come together and create some pretty amazing things. Both are extreme, however, which is why their union ultimately won't lead to anything long-term. Believe it or not, Cancer Moon is the more flaky one in this partnership. Pisces Moon is actually stronger, because they're better able to cope with chaos.
Val Kilmer apparently was pretty difficult on set. And so was Marlon Brando. I think a doc on the tortuous filming of The Island of Dr. Moreau would've been as entertaining as this one.
@@TheFlamingPike How about this about Brando? - Not wearing trousers (any) during shoot except if they are utterly necessary for scene. - Constantly referring director as Ms. Piggy mockingly. - Not even listening anything director says and other actor must work as intermediary between them.
There's the story when Kinski lived in the same apartment as Herzog, in a fit of rage he locked himself in the bathroom and PUNCHED the sink and toilet until it was dust. He was there breaking stuff and screaming for days. Sadly, when performing onstage, audiences heckled him just for the fun of seeing him raging.
There was a teacher at grammar school whom students taunted day in and day out, just to watch her scream in fits of rage and throw things around the classroom at the students. I remember, very clearly, how she threw a chalkboard brush at one of the students that got her stomping mad, missed, and hit the quietest guy in the class in the eye. He wasn't hospitalised, however he missed school for a few days as he recovered. These days, she would have been fired.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
They were even more impolite than you would think reading the subtitles. There are two German words for "to eat": "essen", which is used when people eat, and "fressen", which is normally used when animals eat. Kinski and Herzog only use "fressen", which is kind of a ghetto-style insult ^^
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
Exactly what I was thinking. If he were alone with Walter Saxer, it wouldn’t be anything like this. Kinski strikes me as a man who is unsure about his physicality. The crowd is not just an audience, but protection from an ass whooping’ at the hands of Walter Saxer.
@@Cfb2987Ditto to what I was thinking. It's as if Kinski is acting the part of a furious nutter. There are many threats of ass-kicking and punching people the face, but none of it feels genuine. He's just roleplaying but taking it too far.
@@Cfb2987 yes and no. yes kinski was an egomaniac that needed to be the center of focus, so you are right that he's doing this just for the attention of the onlookers in order to refocus himself as the centerpoint. but Kinski was also a clinically diagnosed sociopath, he'd beat the brakes off the guy if kinski thought he could get away with it. kinski was also a bit of a coward though so he would likely try to dry-gulch/suckerpunch them rather than fight fair.
He's totally aware that there's a camera running. In fact there are many people who said Kinski was actually the most professional actor. "Crazy Kinski" is a made up story by Kinski and Herzog.
The more and more I learn about Kinski, the more I understand why Herzog thought about killing him. I don’t condone those thoughts, but they’re understandable given Kinski’s behavior and actions throughout his life.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
He should have been put in a padded cell. How anyone this mentally unstable could be allowed out in society, let alone on a production film set is concerning to say the least.
@@Romulan2469 Cinema is full of psychopaths or simply egotistical people lost in their power trips. At end of the day, just with like any other corporative endeavour, as long as the money is flowing no one does anything to change things.
The funny thing is... Werner Herzog was almost as much of a Psycho as Kinski was. I find it amazing that they were on so many sets together without causing a muthafucking disaster
@@dariusradu2369 For one thing, he kept hiring Klause Kinski..... But all jokes aside, Herzog was one of the few guys who could control Kinski because he was capable of being just as Psychotic. During the filming of Fitzcarraldo, Herzog held Kinski at gun point demanding he stay on set, saying "I have 8 bullets for you and one for me" and Kinski settled down because he knew Herzog would actually do it. There was another incident where Herzog tried to burn Kinski alive, dousing him in fuel and then setting his bed on fire while he was sleeping in it. By a miracle, Kinski escaped with relatively minor burns. And these two would go from literally trying to kill each other to being besties a few minutes later.
@@snakey934Snakeybakey the difference between herzog and kinski, is that kinski was a diagnosed sociopath and not necessarily a high functioning one. by contrast herzog was very similar and probly undiagnosed, but high functioning. think of it like this, Ted Bundy kills people to satisfy his own impulse, "Dexter" controls his impulses and dumps them out on the people just like him who deserve it. kinski is 100% driven by his own impulses and desires and not necessarily great at controlling said impulses, herzog has the ability to bottle and control it. someone offered to have kinski killed on set at some point and Herzog's only objection was "I can't. i need him in order to finish the movie." go watch herzog talk about "The stupidity of chickens", and tell me you can't see him murdering you and burying the body in an oil drum in the desert... it's due to this cold controlled sociopathic character that i've said for years that Herzog should have been Mr Freeze in a batman film. just imagine, it's christmas time, and between the icy roads, the drunken celebrating, the holiday drivers etc, the need for blood transfusions is higher than any other time of year, and now picture him holding gotham's blood supply hostage and threatening to turn it all to ice crystals if his demands aren't met: Batman: "Stop! you can't do this, people are going to die, Victor!" Herzog's Freeze: "Life iz a fickle mistress, Batman. you should know zis better zen most.....she iz uncaring, cruel....und COLD." he would've been the perfect mister freeze for a later story, after his wife nora has died and he's lost all hope and purpose and just embraces what he's become, and just goes fully nihilistic.
Herzog had the calm crazy, which is much more dangerous. Plus so many of his projects seemed to bring him to the brink of financial and artistic ruin, so he had that “one bad day away” factor going.
@@dariusradu2369 He pushed Kinski to flip out because he knew it would make the scenes better. He was bringing the psycho out intentionally. Everything for his project I guess.
When I see Kinski with the butterfly, I don't see the beautiful thing that Herzog saw, but a man who at any moment could have crushed or eaten a butterfly.
Kinski spouted fighting words that might have earned him a backslap in a normal social situation, but Saxer kept his cool to allow the filming to resume. Real professional guy. Much much more content than the choleric Kinski.
Apparently, Kinski is in stark contrast to Herzog, "I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on the sidewalk." Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski was an amazing actor--just view some of his films and you'll be impressed. I suspect his ranting actually helped him prepare for various scenes--much like some actors need a private moment for meditation, Kinski needed the opposite.
I think part of Kinski's volatile personality was an act. It was part of his notoriety so he delivered. Deliberate exaggeration of real symptoms. Maybe a coping mechanism or a warning.
@@vksasdgaming9472 An "act" if you mean that he became loud to get attention, then yes. Cause that was the primary reason for his outbursts, lack of attention from people around him. Of course, in his case "attention" includes the expectation of the right treatment towards him, such as providing the right food. And the anger was certainly not played, but mostly self-induced.
@joe duggan Plus had his ship torpedoed by the allies when he was a POW. Little ass-wipes condemn him on this board should live a fraction of the horrors he went through (btw molestation never proven).
Klaus Kinski was a diagnosed (and unmedicated) schizophrenic who molested both of his daughters and treated literally every person he ever met, including his friends, with a degree of sneering narcissistic contempt that would have been comical if he wasn't totally serious. I like the big pompous outraged hands-on-hips gesture at 2:56. The native Peruvians were horrified and disgusted after weeks of dealing with daily tantrums like this one, and one of the native chiefs finally asked Herzog, in all seriousness, if he wanted them to just kill Kinski. He says he completely understood the feeling, but if he had him killed he'd never get the movie finished. Before it was over, Kinski had nearly killed a number of extras, one by actually burying his sword in a man's helmet full-force (after he'd been told to pull his blow) and another where he got drunk and randomly fired a rifle into a group of tents the extras were sleeping in (he got lucky and only shot off one's fingertip). Herzog also notes how lucky Kinski was that both times he'd attacked the white extras they'd flown in from Europe to play Spanish soldiers, because if he'd gone after any of the natives they surely would have killed him and quite possibly the whole crew. Kinski was excellent at acting the role of insane, repugnant men because he was one, to be honest.
What the fuck do you know, you ignorant piece of shit. Here you sit watching a youtube video and judging a man you have never met and telling stories about him and his life as if you were there. Stories you have taken from the very documentary this clip is from. What a fucking nerve to have to sit and spew this filth on the memory of a dead man, which had no connection to you at all. He might have been a bad man, but you have no honor. His outbursts of rage may have been caused by mental illness, but either way I am sure he was a greater man in his worst moments than you are as you sitting here comfortably, safely, judging the life of a stranger. You have no clue of the tribulations of a true artist and will probably never even grasp the smallest hint of it in your little unimportant, disgraceful life. I hope all the worst things in life happen to you and only you!
No allegations against Klaus were ever proven. I find it very interesting that his son won't discuss the matter one way or the other. I may be wrong, but I also believe that Herzog won't even entertain the notion. The pattern of abuse alleged does not fit that of other child molesters. Of course, that's not to say it didn't happen. Ultimately we'll never know because we weren't there. Also most professionals who've been asked to give an opinion on what mental condition he was suffering from believe it was a form of bipolar disorder, possibly with schizoaffective tendencies, which is NOT the same as schizophrenia. People suffering from such conditions are not on the same playing field as those who aren't, so those that aren't can't even begin to understand what motivates such a mind. Before anyone says something like "what the fuck do you know you fucking paedo apologising piece of shit" I'm an extremely low level actor, I have type 1 bipolar disorder & borderline personality disorder. I've gone into rages at people just like Klaus. I've had people twice my size shitting their pants & reacting like my words were physical blows raining down on them. Some of these rages have ended in physical confrontation. I'm not proud of it. I feel terrible afterwards (which is where I differ from Klaus, his unswerving arrogance always lead him to believe he was right & everyone else was wrong) but at the time you think your terrible words & actions are totally justified. It is an extremely bipolar trait (& absolutely insane belief) for sufferers to believe they are somehow divinely gifted, are marked for a special destiny or even superhuman. That delusion in turn can lead us to believe that everyone else is a sort of "mere mortal" & as such we can treat them as we wish. Fortunately I no longer suffer from that delusion, but for many years I did & I did some awful things as a result. I can also quite confidently say that bipolar disorder does not motivate paedophilia. That's not to say a person can't have bipolar disorder & be a child molester, but if that's the case then the two disorders are separate. They may intertwine in such a person's mind, but one is not the result of the other. Anyway. I "get" the unstable aspect of his character. I understand it. I even sympathise with it. Where Klaus fucked up was his arrogant inability to apologise, even if he didn't mean it. And yeah, as for the sexual abuse - personally I just don't buy it. If it's ever proven beyond reasonable doubt then I will, but like I said before the pattern is all wrong. The time elapsed between his death & the allegations (22 years!) the differences in level of abuse described by each daughter & the fact that since 2013 no other allegations have been made - doesn't add up. Let's also not forget that Pola Kinski made the allegations in a book, a book that presumably she was hoping would sell a lot of copies... Makes me question her motives. Hate can make people do extreme things.
Bonus fact: Werzog was initially very reluctant to hire Kinski in Fitzcarraldo because he was afraid that Kinski would go "totally bonkers" if trapped in Amazon for any lenght of time and he was right.
That's the best performance of someone playing an arrogant, spoiled brat I've ever seen! He deserves an Oscar! It's almost as good as Alec Baldwin's performance as an abusive father threatening his daughter!
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!! Show less
I love the look of the indigenous people. They're probably thinking: "First world problems"! We have to survive in this jungle and that's by collaborating together, and this crazy German throws a fit for no reason. I bet he ate that "pig food" later that night anyway.
@Obvious Troll Here. these aren't mutually exclusive. His genius is pretty much acknowledged in the field. Whatever else he did is a separate conversation
Klaus Kinski is what i will call a classic "Mad Genius". But i'm more impressed over with how Werner Herzog handles him. Show how skilled film director he is. Not many of todays movie industry can handel that kind intense of pressure of human emotion.
So many people call him a genius and I just don't see it at all. All I see is a nutcase psychopath having another one of his temper tantrums, but talent? I just don't see it. He seems to just play himself which requires no skill at all.
I think it's an excellent and very elaborate performance of anger. Nothing to worry. Nothing "perverse". Very narcissistic, no question. And obviously under an enormous pressure, which needs such explosions. Narcissism and lack of coping with pressure might be the 'non-good'; the anger itself is high-style civilised.
I never wanted to justify his behavior. I only don’t see any use in demonizing him in calling him „mad“ or „insane“. I just wanted to make his behavior understandable as the human being he was. It might be important to understand his retention against the background of his time: In the 70s/80s, screaming was a widely practiced therapy form, in Primal Scream, Bioenergetics and other neo-Reichian therapies. Screaming, especially in theatre and film contexts, was rather common. People just „let their energy go (out)“. Kinski was not „mad“; he just performed anger. It’s obvious today, that those people got confused with what was okay to be done in the protected therapy room is not okay to be done outside of it. And of course his performing of anger is very narcissistic. That all goes without saying. But no need to be terrified of it nor to call him „insane“.@@SecretMarsupial
and he did a amzing Job too in this random filmed Situation.i love how he even Show the reaction of the natives around, and then come back at kinski's face at the Right time.
it disturbs me that so many people are trying to excuse (and that is what you're doing, despite stating otherwise) his actions and share very little sympathy for Pola Kinski. Klaus was an extraordinary actor, but apparently a very disturbed and awful human being.
Kinski was accused after his death and never had a chance to defend himself- he was never tried and found guilty of these charges. I'm not saying he was innocent but I am saying spreading this allegation like it's a proven truth is irresponsible.
@@drunkenmo I'm a Social worker and mental health clinician- if you have come across the number of women I have in my 26 year career who have lied about sexual and physical abuse due to mental health conditions, or potential financial gain you wouldn't be so quick to judge based on unsubstantiated claims.
Most of the time Kinski had a higher-pitched, reedy type voice, but his voice here is like a deep, thundering Teutonic war god. It’s almost like he had DID.
![Mein liebster Feind - My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski [HD]](/img/1.gif)
HERZOG: Let's make a movie about the psycho who pulled a steam boat over and across the Andes.
PRODUCER: oh yeah, whats your plan?
HERZOG: Let's get a psycho and pull a steam boat over and across the Andes
🤣😂👌
The funniest is that Klaus was in a Mental Hospital for harrasment and when they tested him the result was Psychopatic and Schizophrenic personallity.
@@exoticmatter9643 There's method acting, then there's casting a real lunatic to play a lunatic 😀
Herzog always leans towards realism
Herzog had cast a much more stable actor for the part but he got sick on set and was so ill he was not allowed to return to set. Herzog actually contacted Kinski in desperation and Kinski apparently came onboard immediately to save the film.
The contrast between Kinski yelling his guts out and Herzog's calm narration is hilarious
They had immense respect and trust as well. Volatile chemistry, but it got great results. Both knew it as well.
The contrast between a Bavarian and a Prussian. Herzog is from Munich and Kinski was from Danzig
@@AEIOU05 even Germans from all over future Germany in WW1 hated the Prussians.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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They're two sides of the German coin.
Supposedly, the Chief of the Natives offered Herzog to kill Klaus Kinski for him. Herzog declined, he needed him to finish the movie!
That is really a rumor?I believe it though!
werner herzog totally confused kinski and caused him speechlees while he just ate a little piece of chocolate in front of him.
+error0ne i've gotten pretty good at seeing through herzog's bullshit, and that's bullshit. like the anecdote about herzog threatening to shoot kinski(as kinski pointed out, there's no such thing as a gun with nine bullets).
During another time period Herzog considered murdering Kinski himself by burning down his house but Kinski's dog chased Herzog away.
The Chief believed that Kinski was possessed and would contaminate them with his miasma
Let’s give credit to Walter Saxer. He was able to keep his cool during Kinski’s rant, while also making it clear that he’s not taking any of his crap
How would you have reacted?
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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Saxer was like Kinski's older brother at times like this. Taking crap from his little brother without rising to it because he knew he'd just be creating more problems for himself if he responded in the same way 😂
He’s a gentleman.
I just stayed at Walter Saxer's hotel in Iquitos, Peru. He was really gracious and discussed Fitzcarraldo with me. The hotel was, let's say.... extremely Herzogian 😂
As a person who's learning German, I find Kinski's ravings to be essential viewing 😄
Me imaoooo
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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Same
Right up there with Der Fuhrer.
As one myself, theres a couple important ones "Lech mein arsh", "Scheiß egal". Both phrases I've used to much pleasure 😂
I love how Herzog just says "let me show you something dude" and Kinski's like "ok."
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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@ice9557
He beat 3 women half to death permanently blinding 2 of them and also cut one woman’s tongue out on crawl space. Threw kerosene on another and was stopped before lighting A match to her.
The next day crushed her skull in with a large stone.
He knew how to calm him , by playing to his huge ego , making him important , Herzog kept him under control when the hostile temper flared up at others
@@oldironsides4107when where why
@@pickledpeckers7789 never, nowhere, because
Kinski was later reincarnated as a penguin. Despite not having the ability to shout and scream he still managed to stomp off in a huff while being filmed by Werner Herzog.
Thus comment deserves all the likes
@@BlackJacketJones Thank you. I think the reference is lost on most people though! 😁
Props!
Touché.
Legend has it he's still ranting about it on the other side of Antarctica, with nobody around to hear.
"Every grey hair on my head, I call Kinski" - Werner Herzog
Yes, but yet Herzog kept working with him. He knows Kinski made his movies, so really, the man can't complain at all. I'm a bit tired of seeing him acting like he made Kinski. Kinski was an absolute asshole but Herzog is no angel.
@@ParanoidParkProject The thing is, even outside of the few movie with Kinski, Herzog style have a stellar carrer, which really isn't the case for Kinski.
Those kinda zingers hurt tho
kinski was a god and resides in heaven as a demi god.
Lmaooooooooo when did he say this?
Herzog seems vaguely amused by everything that's going on. He's a bit nutty himself so I think he did enjoy Kinski's outbursts on some small level.
If he was willing to work with the lunatic five times, I imagine he got at least some mild amusement out of it.
He's probably used to it. He did describe him as his best fiend.
He was one of the only directors of films who actually had a relationship with Kinski and eventhough he know his tempers he kept on hiring him. Despite of that, Herzog could never figure the man out. Because he was mad, just like Herzog himself.
Silver Snail14 he tolerated it because Kinski was a talented actor
He seems more mildly annoyed they're not filming yet. Sometimes geniuses don't snicker.
the soft spoken commentary is like the icing on the cake haha
Quite a study in contrast.
I like how all the native extras are like: "We don't need to be able to speak German to know when someone is being a complete asshat."
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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They wanted to take him out 😂
*literally had numerous occasions where they tried to kill each other*
“We were the best of friends!”
Whenever I come across some jerk at work that screams around and behaves like a pile of apeshit I remember Herzog in this incident and how calm and relaxed his reaction was. This calms me down as well and I can suddenly handle all kinds of shit of people without getting angry myself.
So right man.
There is also an audio tape here on YT where Kinski is constantly insulting Herzog (hilarious btw) and Herzog stays calm over 10 to 15 minutes of rampage (at one point even Herzogs wife is heard, saying "stop it stop it leave my man alone";-)))). Herzog really knew how to handle Kinski who was actually a pathetic coward who shyed away as soon as things got physical.
I wouldnt say that. Herzog only knew that he needed Kinski as an actor. He had tremendous respect for his skill. But as a human being, he did not hold him in high regard. You can read that between the lines if you listen to Herzog on "Mein liebster Feind"
I thought that
link/title? i'd like to see it.
"An artist renown for his professional comportment and generosity towards others" would probably not be the words used to describe Kinski.
Neither a gentlemen, nor a scholar.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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prime example of carefully laid out arguments and non-violent communication
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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An angry rant in the German tongue is just pure poetry
Especially by KK😁
I'm pretty sure it's the Hitler effect. Without him, German rants sound the same as any other.
Like Vogon poetry 😂😂
this guy is so scary i'm afraid to leave a negative comment about him even knowing he's dead.
Still too soon.
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A man must be insane to venture into the wild and be oblivious to it, only conscious of his own selfish desires. Kinski was a madman.
That's how it is exactly
Nice Yi Yi avatar
In other words, he was perfectly cast in Aguirre, as well as this particular picture.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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That's exactly what I'm sayin, that fuckin knew he was going into a jungle, he is 100% paranoid schizophrenic
good points made.... on both sides
lol; there was violence on many sides, many sides ...
Richtofen too an extent is a humble Klaus
Funny how he shuts up when his director tells him SSSHHH
Klaus Kinski was a low-life swine!
I love that KINSKI calls someone insane! Clearly he never looked in a mirror.
It's called "projection."
I guess it takes one to know one ? Lol
That is what psychopaths do ! gaslighting ans scare others
Thats just your opinion
So wahr. Kinski war ein richtiger Psychopat.
Werner Herzog: Directing Klaus Kinski in a movie is a complicated profession. Don't you agree?
Alucard BloodyVampire what a absolute chad
He described it as like a lion tamer with lion.
0:12 "This time I'll be sitting in that fucked-up car of yours, wearing your costume in the Netherlands." Doesn't make any sense at all, that's probably why it wasn't translated.
ANONYMOUS GRANDASS Makes sense. He says "This time i dont sit in costume in your fucked up car in holland". He had to do with saxer in the past and in his car kinski had problems with him before. We just don't know what happened, but these to knew.
Blister Monde probably referencing Nosferatu which was shot in Delft, the Netherlands.
OK, Bateman, it had to do with the filming of Nosferatu a year or so earlier. Kinski had his make up put on in his hotel in Delft in the Netherlands where filming took place and Saxer picked him up at the hotel in complete make up and drove him to the filming location with his car. All supposedly in high summer heat. Understandable rage.
Imagine an argument between Kinski and Hitler.
Klaus Kinski was the most evil actor ever.
Hitler loses.
Yes, my exact thoughts when I first saw this.
But Herzog's quite obviously just as insane - only quieter, with a better sense of self-preservation, and disguises it better. If you're into astrology, Cancer Moons (Herzog), and Pisces Moons (Kinski), should in theory get on...but Cancer Moons care more about popularity than anything else (they're rather wishy-washy humblebraggers who like to give the impression they have plenty of "friends", in my opinion, even if they don't). They also lie. A lot. Will do anything for publicity.
Pisces Moon is the undisputed genius, evil or no, with an understanding of the human condition that is several hundred leagues ahead of everyone else. But at least with Pisces Moon, you know that what you see, is what you're going to be getting. They don't do hypocrisy very well. If they try it, they're generally crap at it.
Pisces Moon and Cancer Moon can come together and create some pretty amazing things. Both are extreme, however, which is why their union ultimately won't lead to anything long-term. Believe it or not, Cancer Moon is the more flaky one in this partnership. Pisces Moon is actually stronger, because they're better able to cope with chaos.
@@christinacrimari3543 very curious analysis!
I think Kinski might've been on the spectrum.
Jared Leto: "I'm batshit crazy"
Klaus: "Hold my straightjacket"
Thats spooky how that was exactly what I was thinking.
Val Kilmer apparently was pretty difficult on set. And so was Marlon Brando. I think a doc on the tortuous filming of The Island of Dr. Moreau would've been as entertaining as this one.
@@TheFlamingPike How about this about Brando?
- Not wearing trousers (any) during shoot except if they are utterly necessary for scene.
- Constantly referring director as Ms. Piggy mockingly.
- Not even listening anything director says and other actor must work as intermediary between them.
kinski would tear leto a new asshole first hour on set and the next time people would see leto is him hanging on a noose in his trailer.
Leto: Nobody can act a better killer psychopath than me!
Kinski: Acting?
Just how calmly Walter Saxer says Klaus can eat his own shit while he's having the meltdown of the century is beyond comical to me.
Herzog's determination and patience is off the charts
There's the story when Kinski lived in the same apartment as Herzog, in a fit of rage he locked himself in the bathroom and PUNCHED the sink and toilet until it was dust. He was there breaking stuff and screaming for days.
Sadly, when performing onstage, audiences heckled him just for the fun of seeing him raging.
There was a teacher at grammar school whom students taunted day in and day out, just to watch her scream in fits of rage and throw things around the classroom at the students.
I remember, very clearly, how she threw a chalkboard brush at one of the students that got her stomping mad, missed, and hit the quietest guy in the class in the eye.
He wasn't hospitalised, however he missed school for a few days as he recovered.
These days, she would have been fired.
@@backalleycqc4790 That teacher must’ve been great in the sack though
yeah that's bullshit, porcelain is incredibly sharp and would cut you up well before turning it to dust
@@sdgc8667 Werner Herzog stated so in the documentary My Best Fiend.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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They were even more impolite than you would think reading the subtitles. There are two German words for "to eat": "essen", which is used when people eat, and "fressen", which is normally used when animals eat. Kinski and Herzog only use "fressen", which is kind of a ghetto-style insult ^^
He's scary but he's also hilarious.
all bark, no bite and easy to read. i'd have a field day in bringing him to the point of absolute mental breakdown
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It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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@@ice9557 Bro, We Get It! Stop commenting this. I agree with you about this but commenting too much makes it unbelievable TBH.
@@ice9557I don’t doubt it a minute
I love Herzog's color commentary... like Klaus is about to hit a hole in one.
"He's a mad man" said the mad man
hahahaha
His outburst is a theatrical performance in and of itself, it's actually genius. To us he looks mad. To himself, it's just practice
Hell yes, I love Fernando! (Your pfp)
Exactly what I was thinking. If he were alone with Walter Saxer, it wouldn’t be anything like this. Kinski strikes me as a man who is unsure about his physicality. The crowd is not just an audience, but protection from an ass whooping’ at the hands of Walter Saxer.
@@Cfb2987Ditto to what I was thinking. It's as if Kinski is acting the part of a furious nutter. There are many threats of ass-kicking and punching people the face, but none of it feels genuine. He's just roleplaying but taking it too far.
@@Cfb2987 yes and no. yes kinski was an egomaniac that needed to be the center of focus, so you are right that he's doing this just for the attention of the onlookers in order to refocus himself as the centerpoint. but Kinski was also a clinically diagnosed sociopath, he'd beat the brakes off the guy if kinski thought he could get away with it. kinski was also a bit of a coward though so he would likely try to dry-gulch/suckerpunch them rather than fight fair.
He's totally aware that there's a camera running. In fact there are many people who said Kinski was actually the most professional actor. "Crazy Kinski" is a made up story by Kinski and Herzog.
The more and more I learn about Kinski, the more I understand why Herzog thought about killing him. I don’t condone those thoughts, but they’re understandable given Kinski’s behavior and actions throughout his life.
How the fuck did Herzog do multiple movies with this man? He’s got balls of steel right there.
Herzog is kinda nuts in a different way 😂😂😂
Herzog ate a shoe once and didn't even faze, when he got shot with a rubber bullet. Herzog can take making 5 films with Kinski.
Klaus Kinski might have been a great actor, but he was definitly a piece of work.
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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A great actor? What?? So you support nazis then
He should have been put in a padded cell. How anyone this mentally unstable could be allowed out in society, let alone on a production film set is concerning to say the least.
@@Romulan2469 Cinema is full of psychopaths or simply egotistical people lost in their power trips. At end of the day, just with like any other corporative endeavour, as long as the money is flowing no one does anything to change things.
@@Daniel__Nobre Until a tragedy happens yes.
Herzog: "in comparison to other Kinsky's erruptions, in this case Kinsky sounded MILD!" 😂
Klaus Kinski's daughters didn't attend his funeral. That speaks volumes.
Probably also has something to do with the fact that he sexually abused one of them
Biological daughter?
@@victorsilvester5459 Yes.
@@DeepFriedReviews really? Sources?
@@adikravets3632 Is it sarcasm?
His children-Pola, Nastassja, and Nikolai-are all soft-spoken and mild-mannered; indeed the complete opposite of the loud and irate Klaus.
Thankfully they are. I think it must have been an obsession for Werner to work with him repeatedly, knowing what Klaus was like on set.
3baxcb They were together in boarding school, so I guess they were as close to friends as they could be.
Besides, art overrides any frustration.
They were probably raised into submission, having to live with a type of man like Klaus...
thank god they're sane at least considering how insane their father was.
The making of this film was a tour de force of pure madness, just like the shooting of "Apocalypse Now"
00:39 i love the echo when he yells Scheiß... A word probably never before echo'ed so loud trough the otherwise peacefull Amazone forrest...
Insanity and genius are often so close together, so intricately interwoven, as to be completely undistinguishable.
That is not it. He was a true asshole. Some mistake it as being a genius.
Him playing The Joker would of been the best performance of all time.
Joker is a funny psychopath, not an angry psychopath
Fuck comic books
Good actor exist:
A guy who came from a trash can: HE sHOuld PlaY tHe jOkeR
Kinski would never act in your comic book trash.
@@redhouse3994he played a vampire once, so...
There si something intriguing about Kinski and every movie he is in... they feel otherworldly.
The funny thing is... Werner Herzog was almost as much of a Psycho as Kinski was. I find it amazing that they were on so many sets together without causing a muthafucking disaster
How is Herzog a psycho ???
@@dariusradu2369 For one thing, he kept hiring Klause Kinski.....
But all jokes aside, Herzog was one of the few guys who could control Kinski because he was capable of being just as Psychotic. During the filming of Fitzcarraldo, Herzog held Kinski at gun point demanding he stay on set, saying "I have 8 bullets for you and one for me" and Kinski settled down because he knew Herzog would actually do it.
There was another incident where Herzog tried to burn Kinski alive, dousing him in fuel and then setting his bed on fire while he was sleeping in it. By a miracle, Kinski escaped with relatively minor burns.
And these two would go from literally trying to kill each other to being besties a few minutes later.
@@snakey934Snakeybakey the difference between herzog and kinski, is that kinski was a diagnosed sociopath and not necessarily a high functioning one. by contrast herzog was very similar and probly undiagnosed, but high functioning. think of it like this, Ted Bundy kills people to satisfy his own impulse, "Dexter" controls his impulses and dumps them out on the people just like him who deserve it. kinski is 100% driven by his own impulses and desires and not necessarily great at controlling said impulses, herzog has the ability to bottle and control it.
someone offered to have kinski killed on set at some point and Herzog's only objection was "I can't. i need him in order to finish the movie."
go watch herzog talk about "The stupidity of chickens", and tell me you can't see him murdering you and burying the body in an oil drum in the desert...
it's due to this cold controlled sociopathic character that i've said for years that Herzog should have been Mr Freeze in a batman film.
just imagine, it's christmas time, and between the icy roads, the drunken celebrating, the holiday drivers etc, the need for blood transfusions is higher than any other time of year, and now picture him holding gotham's blood supply hostage and threatening to turn it all to ice crystals if his demands aren't met:
Batman: "Stop! you can't do this, people are going to die, Victor!"
Herzog's Freeze: "Life iz a fickle mistress, Batman. you should know zis better zen most.....she iz uncaring, cruel....und COLD."
he would've been the perfect mister freeze for a later story, after his wife nora has died and he's lost all hope and purpose and just embraces what he's become, and just goes fully nihilistic.
Herzog had the calm crazy, which is much more dangerous. Plus so many of his projects seemed to bring him to the brink of financial and artistic ruin, so he had that “one bad day away” factor going.
@@dariusradu2369 He pushed Kinski to flip out because he knew it would make the scenes better. He was bringing the psycho out intentionally. Everything for his project I guess.
I know it's his native tongue, but it's weird hearing Herzog actually speak German. I'm used to hearing him speak in English.
Walter Saxer looks REALLY cool here...even after Kinski almost stick his finger in his eye socket!
Seen it all before. Like Herzog he was almost immune to it by then.
When I see Kinski with the butterfly, I don't see the beautiful thing that Herzog saw, but a man who at any moment could have crushed or eaten a butterfly.
That's exactly it - you got it in one.
Kinski spouted fighting words that might have earned him a backslap in a normal social situation, but Saxer kept his cool to allow the filming to resume. Real professional guy. Much much more content than the choleric Kinski.
Note when Herzog say"Lets start shooting. Klaus I would like to show you a thing" Kinski immediately stops ranting.
Apparently, Kinski is in stark contrast to Herzog, "I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on the sidewalk." Werner Herzog
The german language fits so well with this face. I mean, the pronunciation and Klaus fits like ring in the finger.
LOL, sounds like he's pissed because the food is shit....
Klaus Kinski was an amazing actor--just view some of his films and you'll be impressed. I suspect his ranting actually helped him prepare for various scenes--much like some actors need a private moment for meditation, Kinski needed the opposite.
I think part of Kinski's volatile personality was an act. It was part of his notoriety so he delivered. Deliberate exaggeration of real symptoms. Maybe a coping mechanism or a warning.
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An "act" if you mean that he became loud to get attention, then yes. Cause that was the primary reason for his outbursts, lack of attention from people around him. Of course, in his case "attention" includes the expectation of the right treatment towards him, such as providing the right food. And the anger was certainly not played, but mostly self-induced.
He's like a less charming version of Gary Busey.
How to create a relaxed atmosphere on set 🤣🤣🤣
His perceived madness is on equal footing with his talent.
200 films.
Classic Klaus... it's no wonder his movie roles are often rather insane individuals.
Herzog must have had a lot of patience working with Kinski. They made so many films together.
Kinski had a devil. He was brilliant, but I think led a tortured life.
Untreated bipolar disorder will do that to a person. If he was a child molester, well, that's a separate issue.
@joe duggan Plus had his ship torpedoed by the allies when he was a POW. Little ass-wipes condemn him on this board should live a fraction of the horrors he went through (btw molestation never proven).
He's not brilliant. Not even particularly good. An asshole he is though
He abused his daughter nastasja
His daughter said he was a peodofil
comedy gold! the narrator talks in almost a meditational state while kinsky is screaming hysterically in the background!
more entertaining than modern Holywood movies
Nonce
A routine interaction between two German neighbors over the height of their common hedge.
Sounds like the food quality wasn't efficient enough.
Herzog:" Come on, just leave it alone, you two, Walter, you and Klaus!" And suddenly Kinski is quiet! 😂
Kinski's sulky schoolboy walk at the end is so funny.
"He's a madman, lucki"
Still one of the greatest films of all time.
Aguirre?
@@Njbear7453 Fitzcarraldo.
Aguirre>>>>>>
Actors can be difficult. Add Jungle heat + humidity, shitty food and possibly PTSD- there you go.
add
Chewing coca leaves
Actors do such important work.
Oh god, what I wouldn't give to see a movie with Peak Crazy Kinski and Peak Crazy Busey in the same film together just crazing their asses off.
I love that there's like 2 or 3 full seconds of echo every time Kinski stops screaming, like the landscape itself is telling him to chill the fuck out
Herzog was commenting this as if its an animal documentary @ discovery channel lol. legendary !
Apparently the natives feared at the end of production, due to the calmness of werner herzog
Klaus Kinski was a diagnosed (and unmedicated) schizophrenic who molested both of his daughters and treated literally every person he ever met, including his friends, with a degree of sneering narcissistic contempt that would have been comical if he wasn't totally serious. I like the big pompous outraged hands-on-hips gesture at 2:56.
The native Peruvians were horrified and disgusted after weeks of dealing with daily tantrums like this one, and one of the native chiefs finally asked Herzog, in all seriousness, if he wanted them to just kill Kinski. He says he completely understood the feeling, but if he had him killed he'd never get the movie finished. Before it was over, Kinski had nearly killed a number of extras, one by actually burying his sword in a man's helmet full-force (after he'd been told to pull his blow) and another where he got drunk and randomly fired a rifle into a group of tents the extras were sleeping in (he got lucky and only shot off one's fingertip). Herzog also notes how lucky Kinski was that both times he'd attacked the white extras they'd flown in from Europe to play Spanish soldiers, because if he'd gone after any of the natives they surely would have killed him and quite possibly the whole crew.
Kinski was excellent at acting the role of insane, repugnant men because he was one, to be honest.
What the fuck do you know, you ignorant piece of shit. Here you sit watching a youtube video and judging a man you have never met and telling stories about him and his life as if you were there. Stories you have taken from the very documentary this clip is from. What a fucking nerve to have to sit and spew this filth on the memory of a dead man, which had no connection to you at all. He might have been a bad man, but you have no honor. His outbursts of rage may have been caused by mental illness, but either way I am sure he was a greater man in his worst moments than you are as you sitting here comfortably, safely, judging the life of a stranger. You have no clue of the tribulations of a true artist and will probably never even grasp the smallest hint of it in your little unimportant, disgraceful life. I hope all the worst things in life happen to you and only you!
True artistic genious or not, we have testimonies and records like this. Being an excellent actor doesn't excuse crime and violence.
notmyrealname You're wrong.
He was a shit head who turned down movies that would've helped his career.
No allegations against Klaus were ever proven. I find it very interesting that his son won't discuss the matter one way or the other. I may be wrong, but I also believe that Herzog won't even entertain the notion. The pattern of abuse alleged does not fit that of other child molesters. Of course, that's not to say it didn't happen. Ultimately we'll never know because we weren't there.
Also most professionals who've been asked to give an opinion on what mental condition he was suffering from believe it was a form of bipolar disorder, possibly with schizoaffective tendencies, which is NOT the same as schizophrenia. People suffering from such conditions are not on the same playing field as those who aren't, so those that aren't can't even begin to understand what motivates such a mind.
Before anyone says something like "what the fuck do you know you fucking paedo apologising piece of shit" I'm an extremely low level actor, I have type 1 bipolar disorder & borderline personality disorder. I've gone into rages at people just like Klaus. I've had people twice my size shitting their pants & reacting like my words were physical blows raining down on them. Some of these rages have ended in physical confrontation. I'm not proud of it. I feel terrible afterwards (which is where I differ from Klaus, his unswerving arrogance always lead him to believe he was right & everyone else was wrong) but at the time you think your terrible words & actions are totally justified.
It is an extremely bipolar trait (& absolutely insane belief) for sufferers to believe they are somehow divinely gifted, are marked for a special destiny or even superhuman. That delusion in turn can lead us to believe that everyone else is a sort of "mere mortal" & as such we can treat them as we wish. Fortunately I no longer suffer from that delusion, but for many years I did & I did some awful things as a result.
I can also quite confidently say that bipolar disorder does not motivate paedophilia. That's not to say a person can't have bipolar disorder & be a child molester, but if that's the case then the two disorders are separate. They may intertwine in such a person's mind, but one is not the result of the other.
Anyway. I "get" the unstable aspect of his character. I understand it. I even sympathise with it. Where Klaus fucked up was his arrogant inability to apologise, even if he didn't mean it.
And yeah, as for the sexual abuse - personally I just don't buy it. If it's ever proven beyond reasonable doubt then I will, but like I said before the pattern is all wrong. The time elapsed between his death & the allegations (22 years!) the differences in level of abuse described by each daughter & the fact that since 2013 no other allegations have been made - doesn't add up. Let's also not forget that Pola Kinski made the allegations in a book, a book that presumably she was hoping would sell a lot of copies... Makes me question her motives. Hate can make people do extreme things.
that no one ever thought of just punching Kinksi till he pissed blood is a mystery
This must be a re-enactment of how Captain Cook died.
The whispering comments on the erratic behaviour of a wild animal. Feels like I'm watching a nature channel haha
And people though Christian Bale was bad about a few lamps
Bonus fact: Werzog was initially very reluctant to hire Kinski in Fitzcarraldo because he was afraid that Kinski would go "totally bonkers" if trapped in Amazon for any lenght of time and he was right.
FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!!!
Your avatar is fucking great
LOL
This guy was proof we use the terms “lunatic” “insane” etc, way too lightly.
That's the best performance of someone playing an arrogant, spoiled brat I've ever seen! He deserves an Oscar! It's almost as good as Alec Baldwin's performance as an abusive father threatening his daughter!
lol yeah
Aged perfectly
It’s widely reported that he was into Caprophagy, Autosarcophagy, and Necrophillia, I once heard a story from a sound technician from CrawlSpace that he got famously drunk put his underwear on backwards cut out a hole in them and ran around the set with his giant ball sack hanging out which he glued a pair of Googly Eyes too. I don’t know where the myths begin and the facts end but there’s seriously some strange shit afoot with this guy! He’s widely considered the Charles Manson of cinema!!
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@@ice9557 he also sexually abused his own daughter which I feel like is the worst accusation that could have been leveled at the man
Oh man this will cheer you up when you're having a bad day🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Klaus Kinski once said that the only important movies he was starring was the Werner Herzog ones.
Staff: Uhhh should we stop 'em?
Herzog: Nah, they good
Moments like this when you want to laugh but you don't dare.
Only two people with an incredibly interwoven past can ever get like this in a public setting. They really were the best of friends.
腐れ縁.
I love the look of the indigenous people. They're probably thinking: "First world problems"! We have to survive in this jungle and that's by collaborating together, and this crazy German throws a fit for no reason. I bet he ate that "pig food" later that night anyway.
podycheck I've heard someone say that before. Is there a full documentary of the making of this film somewhere?
podycheck Cheers
gunnsgthartman at somepoint he looks a bit slavic tho. more like polish.
I love the fact that these two worked on two movies together.
5 movies.
@Kijinn 5 movies!!! Alright, how did they not kill each other at that point?
Is it bad I found this hilarious?
+Jim Bob NOP ...HE WAS JUST A GENIOUS
Nein!
it is hilarious!
@Obvious Troll Here. these aren't mutually exclusive. His genius is pretty much acknowledged in the field. Whatever else he did is a separate conversation
Yes.
The fact that Kinski’s outburst is characterized as mild by Werner Herzog makes me wonder how much crazier Kinski could be.
Klaus Kinski is what i will call a classic "Mad Genius".
But i'm more impressed over with how Werner Herzog handles him. Show how skilled film director he is.
Not many of todays movie industry can handel that kind intense of pressure of human emotion.
I mean, they all wanted to kill him.
So many people call him a genius and I just don't see it at all. All I see is a nutcase psychopath having another one of his temper tantrums, but talent? I just don't see it. He seems to just play himself which requires no skill at all.
@@sodadrinker89They all did 😂😁😂
Imagine Klaus Kinski in today's film industry of Woke society, they will trey to kill him even more...
@@aleksanderfinstad5785He also sexually abused his daughter...nice guy to look Up to
I think it's an excellent and very elaborate performance of anger. Nothing to worry. Nothing "perverse". Very narcissistic, no question. And obviously under an enormous pressure, which needs such explosions. Narcissism and lack of coping with pressure might be the 'non-good'; the anger itself is high-style civilised.
@matsdavidson
It’s been 10 years since your comment. You still licking that insane madman’s boots and apologizing for him every chance you get? 🙄
Yeah can we get a brief reflection on this comment or what?
Oh, I never licked anyone's boots, and it was the only time I commented on Kinski.@@domanskikid
I never wanted to justify his behavior. I only don’t see any use in demonizing him in calling him „mad“ or „insane“. I just wanted to make his behavior understandable as the human being he was. It might be important to understand his retention against the background of his time: In the 70s/80s, screaming was a widely practiced therapy form, in Primal Scream, Bioenergetics and other neo-Reichian therapies. Screaming, especially in theatre and film contexts, was rather common. People just „let their energy go (out)“. Kinski was not „mad“; he just performed anger. It’s obvious today, that those people got confused with what was okay to be done in the protected therapy room is not okay to be done outside of it. And of course his performing of anger is very narcissistic. That all goes without saying. But no need to be terrified of it nor to call him „insane“.@@SecretMarsupial
Praise to Walter Saxer. Let the Big Bad Wolf huff and puff and bluff.
and werner herzog totally confused kinski and caused him speechlees while he just ate a little piece of chocolate in front of him.
He;s screaming so loud that you can faintly hear his voice echoing in the jungle, especially at 39 sec in.
It's amazing that the behind the scenes camera man didn't become a target of aggression from Klaus.
and he did a amzing Job too in this random filmed Situation.i love how he even Show the reaction of the natives around, and then come back at kinski's face at the Right time.
it disturbs me that so many people are trying to excuse (and that is what you're doing, despite stating otherwise) his actions and share very little sympathy for Pola Kinski. Klaus was an extraordinary actor, but apparently a very disturbed and awful human being.
Chewing coca leaves the whole day in the jungle will make you ...different
Kinski was accused after his death and never had a chance to defend himself- he was never tried and found guilty of these charges.
I'm not saying he was innocent but I am saying spreading this allegation like it's a proven truth is irresponsible.
@@jasonph2522 Woah reply to a seven year old comment. No, I believe women.
@@drunkenmo
I'm a Social worker and mental health clinician- if you have come across the number of women I have in my 26 year career who have lied about sexual and physical abuse due to mental health conditions, or potential financial gain you wouldn't be so quick to judge based on unsubstantiated claims.
@@jasonph2522 Yeesh well I'm glad I'm not seeing you about my mental health. "Are you sure you're not just imagining your abuse?"
Most of the time Kinski had a higher-pitched, reedy type voice, but his voice here is like a deep, thundering Teutonic war god. It’s almost like he had DID.
0:39 that echo tho!!
For all his pitfalls. Kinski can create one hell of a jungle echo 😅👌🏻
I'm glad they cut out the bit where Klaus Kinski seemed to lose it a little bit.