Herzog worked with Kinski precisely for this reason

they were addressing each other on formal "sie" terms. Herr Herzog - Herr Kinski. Yet, "Hausfrauen Anweisungen" (Housewife's directions) is aimed to humiliate Werner at his core.

1950 he was admitted to psychiatric hospital. His luck that his theatrical behavior served him in his profession. For me he was an purposefully intimidating narcissist at the verge of insanity. So in many of his roles he didn’t need to act, he just played himself.

Nice guy, a pleasure to work with.

Steiner?

I think someone should strip out the Kinski rants and lay them into the building volcano of Hitlers bunker meltdown in Downfall. I think it would fit like a glove.

Best experienced as an audiobook, read by the man himself.

Hausfrauenanweisungen 😆 ❤️

Kinski war ein Genre Gigant, er hasste Mittelmaß und Zeitdiebe, forderte von sich selbst und allen anderen alles, körperlich und mental.

Kinskis gute Filme kann man an den Fingern abzählen. Eine Hand davon gehört Werner Herzog, die andere teilen sich Damiano Damiani (Quién sabe?), Sergio Corbucci (Il grande silenzio), Sergio Leone (Per qualche dollaro in più), Billy Wilder (Buddy Buddy), David Lean (Dr. Zhivago).

Somewhere in the universe Buddy Rich is laughing hysterically. Epic!

Ten years after shooting Aguirre on Fitzcarraldo, Herzog was offered a hit on Kinski by a local native chief. He declined. Quite the old friendship.

he looks traumatized

That is precisely the tone of Roland Freisler - that very same self-absorbed, arrogant rage. What should have been said to Kinski instead: "Look pal, I’ve had enough of your nonsense; go on home - the film is cancelled."

He should have played A.H.

Kinski should have ended up either in prison or in a psychiatric institution. In 2013, his daughter Pola Kinski (born 1952) published an autobiographical book titled *Kindermund*. In it, she described in detail how Klaus Kinski had regularly sexually abused, humiliated, and tyrannized her from the age of five until she was nineteen.

Real

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❤️

„Hausfrauenanweisung“

Herrlich!

I love the little smiles as Kinski lets fly....

I agree with Kinski that you should film rehearsal takes too. Sometimes there’s magic in those that aren’t in the actual takes.

sein liebster Feind

Kinsky had a "Sprung in der Schüssel" and Herzog is too nice.

Kinski suffered greatly in reconciling his own inner critic with his outer performer. Similar to patrick mcgoohan. (herzog here scapegoated as performer for k's childish / developing critic voice)