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In Reply to: Re: In the Pile..... posted by mikenyc on July 28, 2002 at 12:45:52:

"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?

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Klaus Kinski - mikenyc 21:29:23 07/28/02 (3)
Check out Kinski's autobiography too...to say the least, it's extremely interesting and compelling.
- Err, Steve, what's the title of Kinski's bio? - gware 23:05:56 07/29/02 (1)
  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*
  - OK: "Kinski Uncut", (from Web search) - gware 00:00:56 07/30/02 (0)
    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*
- Re: Klaus Kinski - patrickU 05:36:01 07/29/02 (0)
  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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