:55:03
He dropped the saw and thought
about it for five seconds...
:55:09
...then he grabbed the saw
again and cut off his foot.
:55:17
It saved his life, because the camp
and serum was 20 minutes away.
:55:24
When that happend, I knew
Kinski would start raving...
:55:28
...with some trifling excuse, because
now he was just a marginal figure.
:55:35
in another incident, a plane crashed,
which was bringing 6 people here.
:55:42
Luckily, they all survived, but
some were seriously injured.
:55:46
There were confusing reports
on the radio, completely garbled...
:55:52
...and Kinski saw that he was
no longer in demand.
:55:55
So, he threw a fit, because his coffee
was only lukewarm that morning.
:55:59
For hours he screamed at me,
that close to my face. incredible.
:56:05
I didn't know how to calm him
down, and then I had an inspiration.
:56:09
I went to my hut, where, for months
I had hidden a piece of chocolate.
:56:15
We would almost have killed one
another for something like that.
:56:18
I went back to him, going right into
his face and ate the chocolate.
:56:23
All of a sudden he was quiet.
This was utterly beyond him.
:56:27
Towards the end of shooting, the
indians offered to kill Kinski for me.
:56:34
They said:
"Shall we kill him for you?"
:56:36
And I said: "No, for God's sake!
I still need him for shooting.
:56:41
Leave him to me!"
:56:43
I declined, at the time, but
they were dead serious.
:56:46
They would have killed him,
undoubtedly, if I had wanted it.
:56:50
I at once regretted that I held the
indians back from their purpose.
:56:57
The proposal to do away with
Kinski came from this Chief.