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Herzog/Kinski Box Set...Anchor Bay produced this exclusively packaged...6 DVDs in thin plastic cases in a paper slipcover w/ short booklet...and specially priced...$49.99 at Bestbuy...box set. It includes "Aguirre ..The Wrath of God", "Nosferatu...Phantom Der Nacht", "Woyzeck", "Fitzcarraldo", "Cobra Verde", and "My Best Friend"...which is a documentary of the partnership and Kinski's Madness/Genius. It was just too good to pass up ! I can't wait to wade through this special box set! For $50, where can you get such a great selection of foreign films, from an intriguing work partnership ?"A Cry In The Dark". This Fred Schepisi film is MORE than just about "The Dingo's Ate My Baby"! Meryl Streep provides a thoroughly captivating, and entralling acting performance. It's hard not to watch, and clocking in at 2 hours, it goes by toooo fast, to enjoy. Sam Neill as her husband is equally excellent here, providing the real angle to the "story". His stares, make you wonder just what he's thinking...wondering if he believes his wife's story. Amazing film!
"Drop Dead Gorgeous". Kirsty Alley (yes, Kirsty Alley is good in this) and Ellen Barkin, give a genuinely seasoned comic performance, just being "real", in this very light piece of fluff, here. Of course, Kirsten Dunst is really the star. The psuedo-documentary film format really is what makes the film a standout. Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh provides the film's music score with a great selection of "Hip Here and Now" songs.
"1776...restored Director's Cut". Suprisingly entertaining, considering the dry subject and 166minute length. The acting and story are superb...LOVE that William Daniels. Something to be very proud of and to feel good about too!!!
Follow Ups:
"Please Kill Mr. Kinski," Dir. David Schmoeller's short film on working with the very difficult Klaus Kinski, is featured on the Troma DVD "Best of Tromadance Film Festival, Volume 1." Adolescent, but also worthwhile is "H.R. Pukenshette" on the same disk.Denise Richards' talent dance with a life-size, crucified Jesus in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" left me speechless and horrified.
I just watched "Shiri", a formulaic but well-made action/intrigue/romance film from Korea. It has elements of "La Femme Nikita" and "Day of the Jackal", and a Carol Kidd love song for all you Linnies out there. Interesting that the backdrop for the climax is a unification soccer match between the North and South Korean teams in 1999. How could the filmmakers possibly know how well their team would perform in the 2002 World Cup, or how significant that outcome would be to the pride and esteem of Koreans?
Check out Kinski's autobiography too...to say the least, it's extremely interesting and compelling.
He was totally outrageous, and probably still is! It would be a great read. I particularly like Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, Kinski comes into his own as a maniac who would either pull a ship over a mountain or take on a whole wild jungle continent; complete megalomaniac, a man up against all odds without the slightest doubt of his abilities or of reaching his goal; "art reflecting life" perhaps.
I've always wondered if those films ever recouped the cost of filming them, which must have been considerable.
Eric
Tokyo*
And apologies all round for my previous posting, if he's still "being outrageous" it's in the Other World, I didn't realise he'd died in '91....
Eric
Tokyo*
beside the fact that he was a sex maniac, crazy, and not the best family man....he was very talented, when he just did not need cash...His love / hate, relation to Herzog, is worth the money...
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