- Kinski v. Herzog, My Best Fiend & Burden of Dreams
Before he hooked up with Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog was a little-known art-film director who was nevertheless one of the most single-minded men the cinema has ever seen. Of course, the man met his match in Kinski, who while being intensely talented – he worked with an amazing array of directors before he became something akin to Herzog’s muse – was also the most temperamentally self-important actors every to grace the screen. He was as known for the quality of his work as for his ability to get fired from every other movie he worked on. Continue reading