It's 1972. You're traveling down the Amazon with an insane German filmmaker, a hyperviolent child molester who shoots at people when they disturb his naps, and four hundred specially caught monkeys. You're very happy the Oxford comma exists.

MarkoffChaney

Great movie. Kinski was truly a mad man, but such a great actor.

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LittleChickadee

I hated that film, i was so angry my ex had me watch it. Kinski was a mad, force of nature but that film was a hard no for me

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PaleChapter

> Herzog's first choice for the role of Aguirre was Klaus Kinski. The two had met many years earlier when the then-struggling young actor rented a room in Herzog's family apartment, and Kinski's often terrifying antics during the three months he lived there left a lasting impression on the young Herzog. Years later, the director remembered the volatile actor and knew that he was the only man who could possibly play Aguirre, and he sent Kinski a copy of the screenplay.

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PaleChapter

"Between three and four in the morning, the phone rang", Herzog recalled. "It took me at least a couple of minutes before I realized that it was Kinski who was the source of this inarticulate screaming. And after an hour of this, it dawned on me that he found it the most fascinating screenplay and wanted to be Aguirre."

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justherefortheconfession

If you haven't read Kinki's autobiography "All I need is love," I absolutely recommend it for all the wrong reasons. It's a train wreck. It's as tortured, crazy, twisted, and repulsive as you think it should be...then it will surprise you by going even more off the rails.

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PaleChapter

> Kinki

My sides.

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justherefortheconfession

lol not intentional, but fitting

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