Another poetic documentary from Herzog that examines yet another eccentric character. This time the subject is Klaus Kinski, a good friend and frequent collaborator of his. Herzog's honesty is what makes this such a brutally great film. I expected a little more on Kinski's life but seeing as it was made by Herzog, the film does linger mostly on their work together. Still, a great look that takes you deeper inside their relationship. Les Blank's Burden Of Dreams aswell as Herzog's "Self Portrait" short documentary are great companion pieces to this.

i'm still repeating the scene where they embrace like little sweet boys. makes me cry how sweet and gentle and coy that embrace was. and how klaus was so cocky and happy to see werner and werner a little shy and humouring his statements about their relationship. I love the sentiment of this movie.

A moving personal portrait by Herzog of his relationship with Kinski. Perhaps it spends too much time focusing on Kinski's narcissitic insanity, but their symbiotic creative relationship comes through in a way that highlights why they were an essential couple. Just look at the footage of Jason Robards as Fitzcarraldo versus the footage of Kinski in the role. It speaks volumes.

Werner Herzog es uno de los directores mas interesantes en el cine y su colaboracion con el actor Klaus Kinski produjo algunas de las cintas mas inolvidables. En "My Best Fiend" Herzog nos lleva en una odisea de recuerdos, filmando en locaciones peligrosas a lado de Kinski, quien era un lunatico egocentrico quien tenia explosivos estallidos de ira (es realmente increible que hayan trabajado para cinco proyectos muy diferentes).
Lo que me encanta de los documentales de Herzog es su voz, serena e introspectiva que nos transporta a un momento muy especifico; quizas la cinta se hubiese beneficiado de mas escenas mostrando a ambos en su entorno de trabajo pero de todos modos "My Best Fiend" es una pelicula fascinante acerca de lo dificil que es hacer peliculas y trabajar con un hombre quien tiene que ser el punto focal de toda la produccion.

it was good...

An interesting look at a strange friendship and partnership.

It feels - I'll submit - like a slightly better than average, commissioned for German television documentary Herzog both waves off and embraces (in his own self-fulfilling, casually confessional way, of course). It's loaded with great details (here's a thought: it plays like the ultimate Werner Herzog party film), as Herzog intimating that he and Kinski both hatched plots to kill each other; his opening My Best Fiend with a sequence wherein Kinski performs for an arena (performs is a loose interpretation, he more or less raves); Herzog's use of footage from Les Blank's already scandalous and revealing Burden of Dreams (a "making-of" feature on Fitzcarraldo). Yep, it's a jungle out there. (I swear)

Another poetic documentary from Herzog that examines yet another eccentric character. This time the subject is Klaus Kinski, a good friend and frequent collaborator of his. Herzog's honesty is what makes this such a brutally great film. I expected a little more on Kinski's life but seeing as it was made by Herzog, the film does linger mostly on their work together. Still, a great look that takes you deeper inside their relationship. Les Blank's Burden Of Dreams aswell as Herzog's "Self Portrait" short documentary are great companion pieces to this.

i'm still repeating the scene where they embrace like little sweet boys. makes me cry how sweet and gentle and coy that embrace was. and how klaus was so cocky and happy to see werner and werner a little shy and humouring his statements about their relationship. I love the sentiment of this movie.

Endlessly fascinating, "My Best Fiend" is further proof that the tumultuous relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski was pure destiny.