Thanks for this. The subtitles are very handy, i might even go as far as saying they are essential. Didn't realise the doc was in two parts, Herzog does really love to talk! I'm halfway and it's really starting to get gripping. Kinski really is mad as a box of frogs and i laughed out loud when Herzog recounted how the Indians came to him offering to bump off Kinski. I'd read about the snake and chainsaw story before but not Kinski's unhappiness that it was stealing his limelight. Just a not very pleasant but fascinating guy and truly an exceptional actor, i think. Looking forward to finishing it tomorrow.
Kinski certainly was a huge arsehole in real life, I guess the Indians weren't the only ones who wanted to bump him off. Not sure, though, how much of the madness was actually a pose to create a unique selling point. I mean, he played in over 130 movies, that would suggest a certain amount of self-discipline.
And yeah, Herzog likes to talk, and he is probably not the most reliable narrator either. Still, fascinating stuff. I've never seen "Burden of Dreams", but it might also be worth checking out.
Thanks for this. The subtitles are very handy, i might even go as far as saying they are essential. Didn't realise the doc was in two parts, Herzog does really love to talk! I'm halfway and it's really starting to get gripping. Kinski really is mad as a box of frogs and i laughed out loud when Herzog recounted how the Indians came to him offering to bump off Kinski. I'd read about the snake and chainsaw story before but not Kinski's unhappiness that it was stealing his limelight. Just a not very pleasant but fascinating guy and truly an exceptional actor, i think. Looking forward to finishing it tomorrow.
Kinski certainly was a huge arsehole in real life, I guess the Indians weren't the only ones who wanted to bump him off. Not sure, though, how much of the madness was actually a pose to create a unique selling point. I mean, he played in over 130 movies, that would suggest a certain amount of self-discipline.
And yeah, Herzog likes to talk, and he is probably not the most reliable narrator either. Still, fascinating stuff. I've never seen "Burden of Dreams", but it might also be worth checking out.
Good point about Kinski and interesting that one of his co-stars interviewed there is very complimentary about him. The little i know of Herzog suggests narration/truth-telling is a recurring theme in his work so it might be that he himself would concur, at least in part, with that assessment. I haven't seen Burden of Dreams either, but I'm inclined to think there is almost sufficient insanity there to justify a documentary into the making of that film too.
I came up from my row and found the Boss watching Grease. It's been so long since I've seen that I didn't realize how much I hate that shit. I'm not a fan of musicals anyway, but it's all such watered down delinquency and rock n roll. It's like if Pat Boone were the biggest star of the rock n roll era. Fuck that hideous shit.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
I came up from my row and found the Boss watching Grease. It's been so long since I've seen that I didn't realize how much I hate that shit. I'm not a fan of musicals anyway, but it's all such watered down delinquency and rock n roll. It's like if Pat Boone were the biggest star of the rock n roll era. Fuck that hideous shit.
Grease is one of my favorite movies. Why do you hate nice things?
I came up from my row and found the Boss watching Grease. It's been so long since I've seen that I didn't realize how much I hate that shit. I'm not a fan of musicals anyway, but it's all such watered down delinquency and rock n roll. It's like if Pat Boone were the biggest star of the rock n roll era. Fuck that hideous shit.
Grease is one of my favorite movies. Why do you hate nice things?
Because my soul is deformed and cold. C'mon, you have to have concluded that by now!
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
I came up from my row and found the Boss watching Grease. It's been so long since I've seen that I didn't realize how much I hate that shit. I'm not a fan of musicals anyway, but it's all such watered down delinquency and rock n roll. It's like if Pat Boone were the biggest star of the rock n roll era. Fuck that hideous shit.
Tell me more. Tell me more.
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
I came up from my row and found the Boss watching Grease. It's been so long since I've seen that I didn't realize how much I hate that shit. I'm not a fan of musicals anyway, but it's all such watered down delinquency and rock n roll. It's like if Pat Boone were the biggest star of the rock n roll era. Fuck that hideous shit.
Grease is one of my favorite movies. Why do you hate nice things?
Grease is always the exception I cite as not awful musical. Sandy’s character arc sucks but the songs are catchy and stuff.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Watched the new Hellraiser and Night House, liked both.
Excellent, I have both on my list for the spooky season.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Watched the new Hellraiser and Night House, liked both.
Excellent, I have both on my list for the spooky season.
Have you seen In the Earth yet? feels like a sequel to A Field in England.
I did. Very good movie. Perfect folk horror for pandemic times. Haven't actually seen a field in England yet but I'm to understand it is Extremely My Jam.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
My ranking of lowest forms of modern culture:
3. Modern country music
2. Musicals
1. A cappella
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
