My Best Fiend
1999, 100 minutes, Rated PG
Werner Herzog made five films with the fiery, unpredictable and brilliant Klaus Kinski. On more than one occasion he threatened to murder him. One of the most infamous pairings in move history, Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog joined forces, and most often banged heads, to produce some of the greatest films of the 70's and 80's.
My best fiend (Mein liebster Feind) is Herzog's oddly tranquil ode to their cathartic relationship, which begain when a 14 year-old Herzog met the wild, starving young actor while living in the same apartment. Years later he hired Kinski to play Aguirrre, the mad, power obsessed Spanish conquistador in a role close to inski's heart. Herzog revists the scene for this film among others, as he recounts, not only Kinski's on-set ravings, outburst and megalomanis - Herzog promised to kill Kinski when he threatened to leave the shoot - but the tender moments undelying their combustible relationship.
- Director:
- Werner Herzog [18],
- Starring:
- Jason Robards [34], Werner Herzog [5], Eva Mattes [3], Andres Vicente [1], Klaus Kinski [16], Mick Jagger [7], Beat Presser [1], Justo Gonzalez [1], Claudia Cardinale [20], Isabelle Adjani [10], Guillermo Rios [1],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 1.78:1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
German Dolby Digital Stereo
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