Klaus Kinski waking up everyday & choosing violence ☄️

Check out part 2 of the angry rant compilation:
• Kinski + Herzog being ...
And Klaus Kinski believing he is God for 7 min straight :
• Klaus Kinski believing...
Sources:
My Best Fiend (1999) Documentary by Werner Herzog
Jesus Christus Erlöser (2008) by Klaus Kinski
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) by Werner Herzog
(interviews, press conferences, behind the scenes available on yt)
#klauskinski #wernerherzog

[@BixDugan-tf3lx]

Each night, the ghost of Klaus Kinski rummages through Herzog’s fridge and pelts him with exactly one dozen eggs. Yet, Werner Herzog continues to buy more eggs.

[@tisFrancesfault]

Oh lord, reading this made me literally roll about laughing.

[@Ezio999Auditore]

“You have to eat all the eggs.”

[@Ezio999Auditore]

Followed by Marlon Brando trying to eat the eggs shouting: “You’re a fraud Newman!”

[@BOBMAN1980]

Most brilliant thing on the internet I read today. So large yet subtle, I feel barely worthy to comment. But I must.

[@hankskorpio5857]

I read that in his voice as if he himself was standing in his kitchen dripping with albumen and yolk thinking that outloud to himself.

[@Mickey-v7p]

Imagine Willem Dafoe portraying Kinski in a movie about his life...

[@mpemberton7760]

@user-sb8ig9dk2f Dafoe would be the only logical choice to play Kinski.

[@Mickey-v7p]

@@mpemberton7760 given Dafoe's ability to portray morally unhinged characters, he would be the logical choice and the director will simply tell him to get crazy and Dafoe will take care of the rest, adlibbing and improvising in order to portray Kinski effectively. Fun fact: Kinski was in the remake of Nosferatu, a classic 1930s movie loosely adapting the tale of Dracula while Dafoe was in Shadow of the Vampire, a movie which depicts a fictional behind the scenes look on the creation of Nosferatu with Dafoe portraying the dude who portrayed Orlok (the Dracula expy) in the classic movie who is alleged to be a bloodsucking fiend in real life.

[@mpemberton7760]

@@Mickey-v7p Dafoe would play Kinski with total abandon, for sure. Another fun fact: He's been cast in Robert Eggers' new remake of Nosferatu, but not as the title character. His role hasn't been specified yet, but he could be playing Professor Bulwar, the vampire hunter in the 1922 original. They just started production, and the film will be out next year.

[@Mickey-v7p]

@@mpemberton7760 "Ok, Willem, you'll play Klaus Kinski and he's a highly volatile fella. Just raise hell and we'll just keep the ball rolling" -a discussion between Dafoe and the director The next day, Dafoe shows up and treats everyone like crap. He cusses out everyone and threatens to hurt them if they don't abide by his ideas or do things his way and the director gives Dafoe leeway on what the heck he's gonna say "I don't care how many F bombs or other foul nonsense you say on screen, just make sure you're really pissed off! Don't pretend that you are pissed, you gotta be legit pissed!"

[@mpemberton7760]

@@Mickey-v7p Then the following day, Dafoe goes completely berserk and screams like a maniac at the director: "Let Neptune strike ye dead! Haaark! Hark, Triton, hark! Bellow, bid our father, the sea king, rise from the depths, full foul in his fury, black waves teeming with salt-foam, to smother this young mouth with pungent slime to choke ye, engorging your organs till ye turn blue and bloated with bilge and brine and can scream no more…!"

[@metrichotrods1763]

"You can eat whatever you want. "DONT TELL ME WHAT TO EAT!" Im going to use that line.

[@lakonikos8791]

He lived in a permanent “funny how?” mode.

[@Sasha45506]

underrated comment

[@agusbainne]

Funny like a clown?

[@gooseboy4025]

I love how he can flip out in 3 different languages with the same passion and intensity XD

[@JGCR59]

This whole Kinsky bible reading was basically twitter in real life

[@GraveYardShif7]

Lmao true shit. Except its mostly Americans on twitter losing their shit.

[@brunoalbano616]

He was Twitter beforehand.

[@andreaholcock8992]

@@GraveYardShif7basketball americans

[@AEIOU05]

In the 70s you actually had to leave the house and get in peoples faces to argue

[@Ezio999Auditore]

Yup

[@zigzag8949]

Levels of mental instability. 1 Crazy 2 Insanity 3 Kinski

[@zigzag8949]

@@andrewnelson1967 Biden's worse. He's a vegetable

[@Emy-fv5ny]

😂😂

[@Mein-Darth]

1. Kinski

[@bomaite1]

4 Trump

[@sergeantbigmac]

4 GG Allin

[@missnevenka]

I swear, German is the best sounding language for yelling or cussing someone out.

[@ThunderboltWisdom]

Then it's the west of Scotland accent. 😉

[@redbeardnj]

Its certainly is a great language for yelling when your angry. It must be therapeutic lol

[@dk1070]

True, but definitely not phone sex tho (just guessing, of course)

[@ThunderboltWisdom]

@@dk1070 😂

[@missnevenka]

@@dk1070 Ha! I’m one of those women who enjoy the sound of the German tongue. It sounds strong and masculine.

[@LoganCharlesII]

"Jesus didn't take any breaks in between. Get on with it!"

[@gatessutherland8227]

Werner=how your friend's dad treats you Klaus=how your friend's dad treats him

[@alext2566]

Kinski reminds me of my mom 🤗

[@AUDACITY245]

Im the friend

[@Facelessify1]

A physical manifestation of rage and narcissism. He personified some of the worst aspects of humanity, and poisoned and hurt everyone around him.

[@blueeyeddevil1]

Pretty much spot-on. Though you left out the part about him being an effete pnssy in addition to those other endearing traits.

[@GraveYardShif7]

Is it just me or does Klaus Kinski sound like Hitler when he gets mad? 😂

[@tedpikul1]

Kills it in Woyzeck though.

[@terrysmith3637]

Yes, definitely gives Hitler vibes: rants angrily in German, while demeaning people and declaring his own superiority. Can’t help but draw comparisons.

[@josephr9930]

He would fit in well with the Trumpers here in America.

[@doublep1980]

You left out one of the best parts, where Herzog tells the story how some of the Native Indios who were extras on the movie, proposed to Herzog to make Kinski "disappear" in the jungle, after he drove everybody crazy with his temper tantrums on set. "Don´t worry, people disappear in the jungle all the time, he went out in the jungle on his own, some animal probably got him, it happens, nobody will ask questions..."

[@hjuikkll]

Klinski was quite insane. He was like the GG Allin of German cinema.

[@funkenstien1155]

That's awesome 😂

[@mikedoss9777]

@@hjuikkllThat’s a sentence I never thought I would read but it’s spot on!😂

[@peterschmitz6446]

@@hjuikkll WOW !! Someone still remembers GG Allin !! This was a kind of a mad Dog on Stage - Sex Pistols would have fled and run for their lifes by seeing him coming,, ha ha .!

[@FELIPEGARCIA-fk6zx]

@@peterschmitz6446 Good one hehehe!!!

[@anonymousowl72]

He’s still pissed that Lee Van Cleef lit a match on his humpback.

[@peterscotney1]

Well ...if it isn't the smoker ?

[@phillawrence5148]

Lol

[@leeturton9254]

Why don't you come back in about 10 mins😂

[@davidpage3893]

How many of the cast and crew of For a Few Dollars More do think wanted to beat Kinski to a bloody pulp?

[@GamerKatz_1971]

The thing is you can't just strike a match just anywhere and have it light. A common trick in movies is to cut the striker strip from a match box and glue it to something just out of the camera shot. They did this in The Mummy when Ardeth strikes the match against Rick's jaw. So Lee striking the match had to have been planned, and for him to still get mad at a part of a planned scene would be totally in his character. It was making Lee's character look cool at the expense of his character. His inner narcissism was probably raging, even if he wasn't.

[@somedipshtinthecomments2507]

They needed someone to play an unhinged psychopath and they figured it would be simplest to just get a real one

[@jerryoshea3116]

😂⭐⭐⭐⭐👍

[@thomassims4701]

😂

[@edm5378]

You can get away with the worst things, by doing it with dramatic flair, charisma, impeccable timing and style that makes for great entertainment.

[@Frip36]

"Impeccable timing." Let's never be friends OK?

[@maluno1]

or so the Germans would have you believe

[@chrissmith3668]

Donny is that you?

[@alext2566]

Naw man, the only reason this guy made it as far as he did in life is because murder is illegal. If it wasn't, somebody would've shut this man up permanently long ago.

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

His blood pressure must have been through the roof and up into the galaxy, it's actually amazing he even made it to 65.

[@terrysmith3637]

It is…& also amazing no one killed his hateful insane ass.

[@Losrandir]

Good question, did mr. Klaus ever relax? I hope he did, and not by molesting women and children. Which was horrible. And kind of destroys whatever good he did.

[@CurtisGabrielMusic]

No wonder he had a massive heart attack.

[@collybeans586]

@@Losrandir What?

[@pogcompagni]

​@@collybeans586His daughter came out after his death and said he "touched" her as a kid

[@HelyerArt]

From his wikipedia page - "Despite their collaborations, Herzog had threatened, on occasion, to murder Kinski. In one incident, Kinski was said to have been saved by his dog who attacked Herzog as he crept up to supposedly burn down the actor's house. Herzog has refused to comment on his numerous other plans to kill Kinski."

[@neaituppi7306]

Did you see the part where Kinski shot into a cabin on set and blew off one of the crew's fingers? Or hit another extra on the head, so hard that even though he was wearing a helmet, he had a scar for the rest of his life, and it would have killed him if he didn't? Also from his wikipedia page: In 2013, more than 20 years after her father's death, Pola Kinski published an autobiography titled Kindermund (or From a Child's Mouth), in which she claimed her father had sexually abused her from the age of 5 to 19. In an interview published by the German tabloid Bild on 13 January 2013, Kinski's younger daughter and Pola's half-sister, Nastassja, said their father would embrace her in a sexual manner when she was 4-5 years old but never had sex with her. Nastassja has expressed support for Pola and said that she was always afraid of their father, whom she described as an unpredictable tyrant

[@HelyerArt]

​@@neaituppi7306 There's no doubt in my mind Herzog had a good reason to do whatever he was doing

[@fender3873]

​@@HelyerArti agree, especially because some of those movies they filmed were actually shot deep in wilderness, I can imagine the need for violence to restrain a guy like kinski in that setting.

[@flagflow1232]

The least toxic European friendship.

[@nickgodfrey1148]

Sounds like Clouseau and Dreyfuss.

[@justinklenk]

I'm on acid and i thought this was Linda Hamilton on a bad day. 😂

[@deadguy217]

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

😂😂

[@Mork2001]

😂😂

[@stephenpmurphy591]

Linda Hamilton was an android ....That's why James Cameron dated her.

[@elisavieira737]

😂

[@mikemccormick8115]

Kinski videos are therapy for me. It teaches me to be calm and relaxed. And enjoy life.

[@jaimeparedes9188]

You see Kinski behaving like this in person but then you watch "Fitzcarraldo" and understand where that energy is coming from--it's authentic.

[@mesasavage]

If you looked like Nosferatu, you'd be pissed too.

[@brianbrian1769]

Not when you got the role. What's it called? Typecast?

[@emmajones9470]

🤣

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Lol

[@DukeSolaire]

This is my favorite unintentional ASMR video. Kinski's voice is just so gentle and soothing.

[@FELIPEGARCIA-fk6zx]

🤣😂🤣!!!

[@z0uLess]

I victory hail this comment

[@yelizaveta1278]

His kids certainly don't feel the same

[@Elcore]

LICKSPITTLE!!

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Imagine him reading you an audio book. Your ears would be bleeding after the first minute.

[@AEIOU05]

What’s funny about Kinski and Herzog, is that they are from historically rivaling and completely opposite regions. Kinski was a Protestant Prussian from Danzig, whilst Herzog is a Bavarian from Munich. Their characters perfectly mirror their regional backgrounds, with Kinski being arrogant and taking everything very seriously and Herzog being pretty humble and easygoing. It’s a miracle those two got along at all

[@sincorddnb9155]

They got along coz they are equally unhinged, just each in their own way

[@Sprtschk]

Well, they made great movies together and I'm sure they respected each other as artists, but to say that they "got along" is a bit of a stretch.

[@AEIOU05]

@@Sprtschk Well, they got along well enought not to kill each other (barely)

[@ericsmith718]

​@@sincorddnb9155That doesn't make any sense lol unhinged people are usually not good for eahcother

[@watkinscopicat]

they lived together briefly when Herzog was a teenager..

[@kingofboggle954]

Could have gone my whole life without knowing this guy existed but for whatever reason today KZbin decided to recommend this video

[@tylertheguy3160]

The guy was basically a Chihuahua in human form.

[@henrygarcia1203]

He looked like one too

[@NormAppleton]

Yes

[@emmanueldeliancourt6497]

😂😂😂😂Scheiße!

[@fredenord2411]

He is really one of the grestest actors ever.

[@Fortress333]

Chihuahuas are known to have chased off mountain lions...

[@pedrob3953]

5:20 Kinski being like Tommy DeVito in "Goodfellas": "What do you mean I'm funny? I'm I like, a clown? Do I amuse you?"

[@davedogge2280]

Kinski on stage taught me how to deal with Virgin Media internet when you sign up for their service and later they tell you that it will be 3 months before they can even install it.

[@philrussell5258]

😂😂😂

[@greasyflight6609]

He makes Dennis Hopper look like a choir boy

[@greasyflight6609]

LMFAO

[@Ifraneljadida]

A screaming German Jesus is something I didn't know I needed

[@phillawrence5148]

Lol

[@dancingheroes]

history repeats itself

[@mirkoivanjimenezruiz6172]

Normal con el nivel de maldad que existe Cómo cuando estuvo de furia con los mercaderes fuera del templo

[@Moonless87]

​@@dancingheroesif you mean hitler then he wasn't German but Austrian....

[@jimnewcombe7584]

Jesus himself would have spoken like this. You don't deliver the Sermon from the Mount meekly and soft-voiced. Christ was more tiger than lamb.

[@Lunchladydoyle]

My Best Fiend, the documentary from which this was taken is a fantastic watch. What Herzog went through with this man is astonishing. It’s amazing they finished any of the excellent films they worked on together. The finale of the film is very poignant as we see that deep down even a malignant narcissist like Kinski had respect and even affection for the director who captured so many of his best performances on film.

[@humanwaveform]

don't confuse a narcissists desperate need for a supply for affection, it is anything but.

[@ianwatson3315]

The guy never acted..he just played himself.

[@gregbors8364]

IKR, he was a 500-year-old vampire suffering through an existential crisis. That role didn’t take any talent - he was just playing himself

[@R.I.H]

Genuinely can't tell if that opera house part at the end was a movie ( it's shot very well and most definitely a movie ) but it really is just him screaming the same way he was screaming at the guy in the jungle the clip before

[@moog5260]

most actors do

[@wiry7428]

A good acting is not an act at all

[@Monada19]

​@@R.I.Hthat part is from Fitzcarraldo

[@Mulva234]

He seems pretty laid back

[@Frip36]

Super chill.

[@patrikknoerr9777]

The ticket for the show was worth every penny.

[@AEIOU05]

If I could ever time travel, I’d travel back to that performance in order to heckle Kinski

[@magallanesagustin4952]

Herzog's Nosferatu was not a remake of the 1922 movie but a documentary about Kinski's every day life and Kinski had no idea he was being recorded.

[@Sr19769p]

😂

[@horrorfanandy4647]

That just makes me think that Shadow of a Vampire would have been even better had it been about Herzog’s Nosferatu instead of the Murnau original 🤣 And on a related note, I think Willem Dafoe would play a fantastic Klaus Kinski should they ever make a biopic of this truly despicable figure.

[@intuitiveimprints]

16:04 - The production manager was a boss! Good on him not taking anymore of Kinski’s crap! He’s begging Kinski to lay a hand on him. He knows Kinski is so full of it. And Kinski knows damn well if he gets physical with him in that moment that he will be obliterated! 😂

[@Frip36]

Manager took too much crap already. But he saved face with the cool cig drag and confident posture.

[@wankercranker]

That sequence showed how empty that guys words was. :D all scream no action what a pussy

[@Ardakapalasan]

The couple listening to Herzog's anecdotes of what Kinski had done in their luxury apartment was not amused at all 😂😂😂

[@DrJones20]

That old woman was hot, she must've been a stunner as young

[@Home_Rich]

World needs this sort of bombastic character. He's just like a fantastically written villain, like a mad God, The Wrath of God.

[@magallanesagustin4952]

More like a turd Satan shat and decided to give it sapience with black magic.

[@KMN-bg3yu]

I'm not sure why this showed up in my viewing feed but unpredictably I chose to watch it. Other than a couple of movies I've seen him perform in I know nothing about Klaus but now I'm simultaneously repelled and fascinated by this rage-filled, sociopathic egomaniac and must see more

[@class5bodyworks]

Same here. Just came up recommended. Knew nothing of the man until watching this. What a lunatic! Amazing no one ever gave him a beat down. Everyone just seemed to let him rant. But why?

[@mplslawnguy3389]

I saw him on the video and I knew I knew him from somewhere, then the lightbulb went off from the Eastwood spaghetti western. He has a very unique face. I was immediately drawn into this video, and then I looked him up and read about the allegations, which are absolutely horrifying. Sounds like the guy was legitimately insane. Doesn’t excuse what he allegedly did, but this guy was clearly not a balanced person. Kind of telling when his daughters didn’t attend his funeral and multiple people wanted to kill him.

[@KMN-bg3yu]

@@mplslawnguy3389 have you seen the Werner Herzog-Klaus Kinski documentary called "My Best Fiend"?

[@hotcakesism]

Just learned he was a Nazi and a child molester, pretty bleak to know he still has fans

[@starfox14now]

The exhaustion on Herzog, as he recalls and descrives enduring Kinski daily routine and tantrums, You can almost see the look of complete dread in his eyes. I love it.

[@NineCylinderDiesel]

He's just like me when I'm driving home from work.

[@Seschal]

13:50 Herzog laughing uncomfortably at the extra's horror stories is so alarming. He was supposed to be in charge and allowed all that to happen for the sake of watching his deranged friend make "art"

[@Karaokuma]

To be fair, if Klaus Kinski was a few feet in front of you, holding a sword while going into one of his fits, would YOU ask him to cut it out?

[@Alex18NY]

Imagine a film directed by Sam Peckinpah with Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper and Klaus Kinski in it, on location somewhere.

[@cellardweller5245]

Best movie ever but somebody would've probably been killed during filming

[@epicgravyfilms]

They prob would've all gotten along wonderfully.

[@baronsaturday3738]

Now that's what you call a Sauer Kraut! 😂

[@fartkerson]

Kinski was the type of person you love to hate, especially as a private person voyueristically watching the madness of public life; but you also hate yourself for loving him or at least for enjoying his tantrums and theatrics. But he was an extraordinary phenomenon like witnessing a typhoon reincarnated as a human being.

[@lagnok]

I dont really "love" any aspect of someone that molested his own daughter.

[@Trenz0]

​@@lagnokthat's putting it lightly. Apparently he flat out r*ped his daughter multiple times

[@Moodymongul]

4:00 - In Kinski's defense. He was doing a monolog about/being Jesus. In his own, inimitable way. And his performance riled up the crowd. Who, brought their own issues to the show. And then started to voice them (which Kinski allowed). What they forgot however. Was that Kinski is the real life 'David Banner/The Hulk'. Just below, the first atoms of his skin, lurked a creature of unrivaled anger and rage. However, Kinski did go on to finish this performance. With a smaller audience :)

[@FINYL72]

Those were the 60 and 70s when you could verbally shred each other.

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

Kinskis autobiography is well worth a read , chock full of crazy stories

[@Losrandir]

I've heard about it. Just don't read it for the truth or for the sanity.

[@notsure1135]

I bet it neglected to mention him fuhking his eldest daughter from 4-19yo…

[@mcneeson]

Even this video is poisonous and infectious, filling me with rage. He was really a corrosive force to be reckoned with.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

Dude, this video is a good training to not feel any rage. If you are not able to do it here, you have zero chance to do it in real life.

[@MikeFowlerguitars]

Never knew that Klaus Kinski was such a grumpy bastard. I'm obviously late to this info. I'm curious as to why he's so angry. The anger is infectious don't you think?

[@definitelynotanAIchatbot]

​@MikeFowlerguitars "Narcissistic rage" is what it's called nowadays I think.

[@elliottbaker201]

Brought on by being in the Hitler youth ​@@definitelynotanAIchatbot

[@maritime7776]

The fact that Werner called him “a great pestilence…” means something 😅

[@iainclark5964]

He makes Joes Pesci's character in Goodfellas look shy and retiring!!

[@magallanesagustin4952]

Retiring how?

[@Jalt3001]

@@magallanesagustin4952like in a nutsing home? are you calling me an old man?

[@commanderkeen3787]

I think a big part of the problem was that Kinski despised his own country. He served in the German Nazi military during WWII, suffered great loss, embarrassment and shame as a result, and he came out of it triggered by everything that reminded him of it. He remained emotionally volatile throughout his life by all accounts but you will find his American and Italian interactions (which were two of his largest international markets where he worked) remained far more stable and coherent. Even the interviews he gave internationally were calm and relaxed. He eventually relocated to the USA and died there

[@mikemccormick8115]

And it’s obvious he also must have suffered early family abuse though it appeared to outsiders he was raised in a good, somewhat privileged upbringing as a child. My theory anyway. Don’t really know. Could have been he just had a few, or many, screws loose in his tormented brain.

[@SpicyRikers]

@@mikemccormick8115 Yeah i noticed people tend to not believe you had a shit upbringing if your parents were rich, parents can still be abusive when they have a big house lol its so silly

[@scandipunx]

Kinski was a fucking basketcase, it's not more complicated than that

[@djo-dji6018]

​@@crassgop I disagree, the upper class of the past usually was a healthier environment.

[@Petey0707]

uh not really@@crassgop

[@PeterMasalski93]

Hitler is like: geeze.. that guys is loud...

[@herbertmoon998]

I knkw everyone admires Werner all the time, but there is something deeply tranquil about listening to him speak german

[@Louise-u3w]

Who, Werner Herzog? He must have been a saint to be able to finish TWO!! movies with Kinski. I would have killed that dude way before the Indios got the idea.

[@herbertmoon998]

@@Louise-u3w the Alsation quote is probably the most hilarious thing expressed in that whole ordeal, to me

[@Ardakapalasan]

I wish he read audiobooks

[@AEIOU05]

He has a very soothing Bavarian accent, although he always tries to speak in a neutral, high German accent. I once heard him talk to his brother in his normal accent on tv and was a bit surprised, he sounds a bit similar to me

[@TheSteve2305]

His problem was he never had anybody punch him in the teeth. That usually makes a person more humble and less apt to act a fool

[@ulfingvar1]

No effct on a psychopath, only makes them worse.

[@TheSteve2305]

​@ulfingvar1, maybe, maybe not.....but one can always give it a try

[@Louise-u3w]

​​@@ulfingvar1t's worth trying. Some suddenly become docile, because they are cowards and opportunistic.

[@shaggyrumplenutz1610]

Amen

[@JGCR59]

He served in WW2 so I guess he's had his share of violence

[@T480-u7i]

This guy is like a 1970s punk rock singer without a band

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

This guy was insane..which made him a terrific actor.

[@rman52]

At least he wasn't stupid like current American actors. They are also often insane. See Depp for example.

[@copee2960]

He is charactor straight out of Dr.Strangelove....f**king hilarious..

[@trteeerryfse-wy2ww]

Last time i saw a german this fired up millions of people died

[@alext2566]

Austrian

[@lunaamakura7683]

@@alext2566I thought he was both 😭

[@PeepingTom-xy9di]

@@alext2566 to an average american germans and austrians are the same. to some others australia and austria are one and same country somewhere lying in africa.

[@chrissibersky4617]

​@PeepingTom-xy9di To the mustasch guy it was the same. Grossdeutschland.

[@kavvg3805]

​@@PeepingTom-xy9di what are you yapping about? just sit in shame like you should

[@simonmoore8414]

There's a little Klaus Kinski in us all. We just need to learn to manage him.

[@marcussmith4913]

The guy looks like a science fiction wizard ready to fork stuff up.

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

He was bonkers as a hatful of snakes. I loved the guy in whatever he was in. Screen presence cannot be bought.

[@taffy4486]

If you're ever in need of a lift, Klaus can bring a smile to any face.

[@SparkyStevens1967]

Yeah he seems like a right laugh mate Not

[@djamesv]

Actually, your comment made me laugh more than anything for a long time! Thanks :)

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

As in lift you mean the violent lift of an army boot, yea.

[@jonnybarnard8578]

Unless you're his daughter.

[@92GreyBlue]

Unless you're his daughter.....

[@porsche5914]

He would make a perfect gollum

[@petervlcko4858]

He will beat up Sauron 😂

[@brianbrian1769]

Gollum are Jewish so unlikely.

[@volpeverde6441]

​@@brianbrian1769 that's a golem....

[@brianbrian1769]

DOH!

[@rogercroft3218]

Gollum was a much nicer person. Probably much better mentally balanced too.

[@freebee8221]

never seen anybody love opera that much

[@Fhita1962]

His increased blood pressure literally expanded his forehead to double size.

[@veryeyeofnight]

The peculiar, erudite way Herzog talks is polar opposite to Kinski‘s childish outbursts. It's hilarious.

[@5pastseven]

Classic story of a huge narcissist... Always blame other people, while claiming to be the victim, terrorizing people in order for them to overreact, so the narcissist can blame his victims again... endless cycle of co-dependency, where love has no space, but is rather replaced with the opposite. "As long as I get attention, people care about me"

[@hawkiebaby]

Very true. But, also somehow a fascinating figure.

[@alkibiades399]

Absolutely to the point, bravo!

[@philippbock3444]

Well in the Case of the Jesus Show He was definitely the victim. There were people in the audience that tried to provoke him throughout the whole Show.

[@5pastseven]

@@philippbock3444 This is exactly the point... It is about the law of attraction. You will attract people of the same "kind" into your life, based on what you are, character-wise. The narcissist's behavior results out of his own lack of self-love or self acceptance. So they either start bullying the weaker, or fall into the victim's role when the opponent is too strong. Both scenarios give them the attention they need. So the audience is no better than him, rather a mirror... They felt strong enough to go against him as a group, but each one of them was still looking up to Kinski and would have never EVER attacked him on a 1to1 basis, I highly guess...

[@5pastseven]

@@philippbock3444 let's say somebody is neither interested in witnessing Kinski's rage, nor in provoking him... Would anybody like that attend or even PAY for a happening like this? Don't think so. This is why you will only find a certain kind of characters in each circle...

[@brucestewart5939]

If I was born with a face like that, I'd be seriously pissed as well.

[@893loses]

That face was made for cinema, less so for real life.

[@joepalooka2145]

This footage of Kinski going insane gives us some idea of what he must have been like as a German soldier. He lived in Berlin all through the Hitler years. In 1943 at 17 he became a German paratrooper, serving in the Netherlands in 1944 where he was wounded and captured. Imagine thousands of guys like Kinski running around with machine guns in all that incredible violence, suffering and death. Scary!!

[@flintsky7706]

Oh shit lol

[@diraska]

Or, his behaviour could show how the war and the fighting impacted him. I cannot imagine what it was like growing up in a country that was going to be a 1000 year Reich before a war of its own creation wrecks and shatters everything he grew up with. Towns and villages reduced to ruins. How many friends, family dead or injured or lost? Then again, he just might have been a crazy POS the whole time.

[@Losrandir]

On the other hand, do we believe that? Kinski is hardy a believable spokesman.

[@masterman1001]

That may not have been the truth, according to Werner Herzog (and others). Kinski was known to lie about his biography because in his opinion, nobody would care for a "normal life" in a biography. Of course, if we found any documents of his as a soldier, that would be a different story.

[@seymourclearly]

Kinsku was one man, just because one German is like this doesn't mean they all are

[@tedpikul1]

Current apartment owners politely listen to Werner talk about his friend.

[@Ardakapalasan]

They were not amused. Or interested really.

[@moog5260]

that was so funny 😂

[@Azazel2024]

That part was like wtf dude

[@elbowjuice2627]

0:11 the guy laughing always gets me, its like hes laughing at him

[@ricarleite]

I was made aware of Kinski when "My Best Fiend" came out and by complete chance I managed to watch it. I was under the impression it was a German mockumentary the whole time. I was confused and kept asking myself if it was real or not, as some of the footage for Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo looked modern and the whole story sounded so implausible and absurd.

[@acnedelavie]

I initially thought the title was “My Best Friend” and thought it was sweet for Herzog to call Kinski that until I gave a closer look 😂

[@michaelmackenzie6396]

😂

[@KhiemNguyen-ly1wz]

@@acnedelavie I mean, they are kinda best friend.

[@Tag-Traeumer]

Kinski war zwar autoritär, verachtend und gewalttätig gegen andere, doch zu sich selbst war er duldsam und zuvorkommend, geradezu nett und liebevoll, was eine unglaubliche Charakterstärke und Selbstbeherrschung voraussetzt, Hut ab. 😄

[@ianwatson3315]

I worked in film and tv from 2001 to 2011 in the Uk. If this guy spoke to anyone like that he would have been decked there and then. How anyone worked with this guy is astonishing. I worked for one designer who loved to annoy people..one day he did and got a smack in the eye. He lost that eye!

[@Patriarchy_69]

Alas, you gave the solution. Nobody gets decked hence those with wild mouths and mind goes about continuing their nonsense.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

if you hit people for their words, you are a fascist

[@WillN2Go1]

I once worked with Klaus. He's a great actor. As a human being...? a bit more problematical. It's foolish to ask him a question, especially a leading question, and then disagree with him. He's not a political or business leader so what he thinks isn't going to hurt anyone. Ask him, then let him talk as long as he wants or until the batteries run out. Leading questions in court are used against an adverse or hostile witness. Arguing with Klaus Kinski is to be complicit in his hostile and abusive response. (When I first met him, I praised his acting and all he said was, "Where's the girl?" referring to the other production assistant, a young woman. He'd been sexually harassing her. I was his stand in for a special effects test, his regular stand in for lighting, a Russian defector, later committed a horrible murder.) Werner Herzog is a very interesting person. On the surface and through his movies he is a very peaceful person, but all the time I think he's resisting a similar kind of rage Kinski has no control over. I don't for a second think that Herzog has ever exploded like Kinski seems to always do. A friend in college did her master thesis on Herzog, pointing out that the same underpinnings of fascism that the Nazis brought out, which were already under the surface of German culture (See The White Ribbon), are also in Herzog. When Herzog was cast as the super criminal Zek in the Tom Cruise Jack Reacher movie I thought it was brilliant casting, and maybe even type casting. (I'm from Detroit. If someone is shouting at you you might get injured but it won't be too bad. The most dangerous people are quiet.) To the credit of both men they made some terrific movies. I remember every scene I ever saw Klaus in. I remember the dailies for the movie I worked on. He was supposed to suddenly grab another actor's wrist and scare her. In 4 to 6 takes, every time he struck like a rattlesnake, not only surprising her every time, but scaring the crap out of her as well. He also startled me watching as well. I remember seeing Dr Zhivago with my mom. Even though I was 8 or 9 years old, I knew a bit about the Russian Revolution, and I knew a bit about our family's history getting out of that part of the world. I love the movie, I was lost in the dream, but when Klaus shows up as the anarchist shackled on the train - I immediately understood: revolution meant violence. Tom Courtney played a similar character, the student Pasha Antipov, turned into the destroyer of villages, Red Terror: Strelnikov. But he was still too polite and British. To his credit his ruthlessness was quiet. The question this video raises is: Could Klaus Kinski have been as good an actor if his mental illness had been effectively treated? I think he would've been an even better actor, have done more roles. After all, what my friend argues is under the surface of one of the most thoughtful and peaceful people making movies, is part of why Werner Herzog has made so many brilliant and brilliantly empathetic movies. He understands at a very deep level not that it's right to have empathy, but why it is so absolutely essential. Then again maybe Kinski is the expression of a violent abusive part of Herzog's personality that is present but which has been switched off. I grew up around some abusive people. I never feel the need or even the impulse to tell detailed stories about what I witnessed or was subjected to. It was always just harmful, unfortunate, not very interesting; if needed I'll mention it. I'd rather see a hundred videos of someone making a table and chairs then recount witnessing someone smashing them up. Clearly Werner gets a kick out of it. When Herzog came to Ann Arbor I asked him if Aguirre was a retelling of the Nazis coming to power in Germany. He shouted, "I make no metaphor films!" Someone else immediately asked, "What about Even Dwarfs Started Small?" Herzog didn't hesitate, "Because there is a dwarf in all of us!" Every forehead in that theater immediately wrinkled up....isn't that a metaphor? Doesn't mean Herzog is a hypocrite, just that, like all great artists, his work is bigger than he is. Then again what type of human would ever allow or enable Klaus Kinski to get his hands on a loaded gun? The Kinski I knew wouldn't have known where to buy toothpaste much less be able to find a gun and bullets. (And anyone who has ever been on a set with a gun knows how absolutely critical it is to have complete control over them and every single blank cartridge. And no live rounds. This is not new.) So when we see Kinski in a Herzog movie I think we should never forget that Herzog made the choice to put him in front of the camera and bears responsibility for his behavior.

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

Cool incoherent ramble bro

[@Vlain-hc5sb]

​@@neo-filthyfrank1347 but he talked to herzog himself tho

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

​@@neo-filthyfrank1347 I unironically appreciate his comment for this. I'm grateful they took the time to make it.

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 No you aren't. Virtue signaling isn't real.

[@parallaxview2143]

Interesting comment and I'm inclined to agree with you. Herzog is an oddball - no normal person could abide Kinski for more than a few minutes.

[@anonUK]

Something happened to him in the war, or in the turmoil of 1945, that he just couldn't deal with. This is clear PTSD. I am sure this was true of millions of people who fought in, or just lived through, the war- but Kinski was clearly unable to deal with his particular experiences.

[@Poirouge1]

Or perhaps he has been mentally ill since birth due to a genetic psychiatric condition. He barely, if ever, saw combat during World War II. He spent most of the war far from the front lines until his deployment to the front in the Netherlands in 1944, where he was captured by the British army just one day after arriving. It just looks like he has a personality disorder, which can often stem from early life experiences but is also strongly influenced by genetics.

[@greycatturtle7132]

Yea

[@Air_Serpent]

@@Poirouge1being captured is still traumatizing, especially on your first day.

[@sdgc8667]

@@Air_Serpent Maybe he wanted to be captured

[@quitoyume100]

This is the first I ever heard of this guy. I just couldn't believe while watching that all these people stood around and nobody knocked his ass out.

[@Nick_4545]

Since he was a psychopath there was a high chance of him trying to kill someone if they did that

[@Sajuuk]

It's the movie industry. While Kinski may have been the worst of the bunch, there have been plenty of actors who behaved similarly over the more than 100 years of movie making. Not just actors but film crew: directors, producers, sparks, SFX, cameramen, there are narcissists everywhere in the industry. It's almost an expected and accepted thing. Yes, I spent enough time in the industry to see it myself.

[@treybenton2392]

This is called acting.

[@ramirosabatini]

This is the first time you hear about this guy, and you have such a solid opinion? Wow

[@gandalainsley6467]

@@Nick_4545 Nobody punched Burt Reynolds(as far as I know) and he was known for being a dick too. It had nothing to do with Kinski being or not being a psychopath.(not everyone is a psychopath) Steven Seagal was a dick and he never got punched even though it was encouraged by directors sometimes. Kevin Spacey never got punched even though supposedly he did suck and was a dick at times on a set. Nobody did anything because he is the star of the movies.

[@mrtunapie6653]

This is how far an artist will go, working with Kinski for 5 films you would think 1 would have been enough, but Kinski understood Herzog's vision and gave him, what Kubrick would call, 'the magic'.

[@reaganation6000]

I chuckled at the story of him charging at the door, like how deranged you must be to do that over a ironed shirt.

[@rockhero2274]

Kinski must've been fun at parties and funerals.

[@brunoalbano616]

Specially when yelling in german...

[@Sr19769p]

Love the relationship - Kinsky permanently on fire, Herzog cool as a cucumber.

[@Nali07]

I do not know how the people in the past could tolerate this creature. He was not the only good actor

[@GamerKatz_1971]

The guy was unhinged. But clapping and praising his violence did nothing to help him.

[@danielx555]

Celebrity narcissism is rewarded and this creates a really imbalanced set of motivations. Most people with toxic narcissism come up against some resistance, but celebrities are rewarded for their narcissism and are rewarded for their meltdowns and abuse.

[@polo7155]

Impulsive, violent, erratic fits, screams at everybody like they're less than animals, yet Herzog hired him again and again...Who is is crazier than who?

[@jameswilliams6002]

If he's a good actor it doesn't make him a good person. He may be good in a professional capacity but that doesn't necessarily make him a good person

[@GraveYardShif7]

He hired him over and over again because of this --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWikqKlno5lmbqs Klaus Kinski was a great actor with a unique look and had the ability to act. Werner Herzog isn't crazy, he's a very intellgent, empathic and educated man and probably one of the most underrated Directors and Actors of our time.

[@Losrandir]

Putting him in a movie - oh sorry, letting him do his art - probably was one way of keeping some sanity in him. I think.

[@littleghostfilms3012]

@@GraveYardShif7 I agree. Many years ago when I lived in San Francisco they showed a free retrospective of all of Herzog's films at the German Cultural Institute. I went twice a week for two months and got to take in his whole vision as an artist. He is the definition of a creator who has followed his impulses to explore the world in all it's madness. Kinski was both a deranged presence and charismatic actor who is impossible to look away from when he is up there on the screen. Have you seen "My Best Fiend", Herzog's doc. about their uniquely volatile chemistry? If not, you should.

[@polo7155]

@@AlexAlex-lo7sx Yes, same for me

[@wozzer2727]

Ah, who can forget his immortal line "in 10 minutes you'll be smoking in hell".

[@bencastor9207]

Dude looks like hes been on a 3 week binge of darks and lights.

[@AURELIAN-restitutororbis]

I actually fucking love this guy it's rare to see a psycho so open and genuine agout being a psycho it circles back around to being amazing. Would love to have known this guy irl

[@Football__Junkie]

If you look in the dictionary at the word “unhinged” it has a picture of Kinski

[@martingrey2231]

"In a few minutes you'll be smoking in hell!"

[@epicgravyfilms]

A fascinating madman. Most actors would kill for the authentic intensity Kinski brought to the screen.

[@Karaokuma]

Klaus Kinski was the diametric opposition of Fred Rogers.

[@regzzuse280]

Imagine Klaus Kinski and Rip Torn in the same movie.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Klaus Kinski in Freddy Got Fingered 😂

[@BrendanPatterson]

This is great! The captions give it a whole new level of irritation

[@urru2569]

Hitler sieht Kinski und sagt Respekt Alter du bist heftiger als ich. Du bist mein Meister!

[@Ut1F70FSin]

It can't be good for the heart with such abrupt, random and incalculable excitement.

[@WheezyLiam]

I feel like Kinski and Herzog weren't exactly friends in the traditional sense of the word, but more that Herzog stayed close to Kinski almost as if to study him. Like watching a building burn, engrossed by the stunning calamity of it all

[@kukko83]

No amount of "great human warmth", can excuse behavior like that. He should have been treated for any mental illness, he was plagued with.

[@hihiaurelnarmadashankar4334]

Heute würde der kinski in einer Anstalt verweilen

[@ulrichkuschnik7645]

Das glaube ich nicht, da gibt es Typen die sind sogar President der USA geworden 😢!

[@RoverIAC]

I haven't heard a speech with so much German passion since Nuremberg.

[@roanboersma3401]

16:12 i like how Saxer is completely unintimidated by kinski's threats

[@AEIOU05]

He knew that Kinski wouldn’t do anything, they already knew each other for years in that footage. Funny anecdote, they actually hugged and made up at the end of filming

[@plinkfuture2557]

I’ve lost all respect for Herzog deciding to work with and thus abetting an abusive man.

[@apocako]

He was just as deranged. Did the unforgivable to extract some diamond from their combined madness. But true madness is to expect innocence from your artists.