:17:07
He wanted the shot to embrace
all of scenic Machu Picchu...
:17:10
...including the peak, just like a
Hollywood-style movie...
:17:17
...with the landscape as a beautiful
backdrop, exploited for the scene.
:17:23
Commercials work that way.
Postcards look like that...
:17:27
...but I wanted an ecstatic
detail of that landscape...
:17:30
...where all the drama, passion and
human pathos became visible.
:17:36
He just didn't understand this,
but for me it was something crucial.
:17:42
A landscape with almost
human qualities.
:17:49
Kinski replied, the only fascinating
landscape on this earth...
:17:55
...was the human face.
:17:59
After that I removed him
from this shot.
:18:03
I also had the feeling that this
scene without any faces...
:18:07
...would stick in the spectators'
minds for a long time.
:18:10
Kinski raved about my
being a megalomaniac.
:18:15
I answered him back:
"That makes two of us!"
:18:25
Finally, at 11 am, everything
opened up, and here...
:18:29
...on the right-hand side, very
strangely, the clouds stayed put...
:18:35
...and to the left they parted and
then the file of people came down.
:18:40
While we were shooting, I
had a very profound feeling...
:18:46
...as if the grace of God was with
this film and with me.
:18:50
As if I were witnessing
something extraordinary...
:18:53
...which I would never see again.