Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski
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1:09:01
...that even the unthinkable
will not deter me.

1:09:15
Every gray hair on my
head I call Kinski.

1:09:28
Yes, I miss him.
Now and then I do miss him.

1:09:33
There are moments, when
he is very much alive for me.

1:09:39
He created a climate of
unconditional professionalism.

1:09:44
He used to complain about the
lighting and demanded changes.

1:09:50
I can remember that vividly, when
shooting at the post office in lquitos.

1:09:58
Something wasn't quite as it should
be and he asked for a mirror.

1:10:05
And as always, he was right.
1:10:08
He never maintained something
was wrong, when it wasn't.

1:10:13
He sensed with
25 people on the set...

1:10:17
...when somebody in the back
was whispering.

1:10:21
Yes, the raving fit would
follow without fail.

1:10:23
It was almost an animal
presence that he had.

1:10:29
I learned something special from
him, from his physicality.

1:10:35
I later called it the Kinski spiral...
1:10:38
...meaning an appearance
from behind the camera.

1:10:40
If you enter the scene from the
side, showing your profile...

1:10:43
...and then face the camera,
there is no tension.

1:10:48
He developed something.
1:10:50
Standing next to the tripod, he
would twist his leg around...

1:10:55
...and this way his body had to spiral
itself organically into the picture.


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