Kinski Talks 3 - DVD

Content: After the great success of Jesus Christ Redeemer and the first two Kinski Talks DVDs, the collection of rare interviews and TV appearances goes into the third round. For the (for the time being?) last part of the DVD series, Peter Geyer, Klaus Kinski's estate manager, has once again unearthed some real rarities and gems that will delight fans of the eccentric actor. Six contributions illuminate this time primarily the man Kinski and show him, unlike the first DVDs, as a rather quiet and charming artist. To see are:

APROPOS FILM from 1971 (approx. 9 min.): This contribution shows Kinski on the beach of Fiumicino with his wife. While he is cooing with her for all it's worth, he becomes much more caustic in an interview with Peter Hajekt. He puts his acting skills above all else, while leaving hardly a good hair on the films he has starred in, or the German film industry.

About JESUS CHRIST Redeemer by Bavarian Radio from 1971 (approx. 22 min.): This interview is a real gem for Kinski fans, which Geyer brought back into context for the first time for this DVD release and recut into its presumed original sequence. Once again, there are some very interesting moments to be discovered in this interview, where Kinski takes the reporter for a walk in a wooded area. The end alone, where you can tell that Kinski doesn't want to do the interview anymore or that the questions are too uncomfortable for him, makes this film absolutely worth watching. But also his opinions on the supposed Jesus hype that was going on at the time and his comments on how he finances his lifestyle are highly revealing.

APROPOS FILM from 1975 (approx. 8 min.): This interview was done in conjunction with Kinski's work on his autobiography. Here, the actor is particularly amused by his statement that he planned to quit, leave the movie business, and escape civilization on a sailboat.

KINOWERKSTATT from 1979 (approx. 15 min.): Another highlight of the series is this interview, which also includes an extremely amusing excerpt from a press conference on Nosferatu, in which it becomes clear once again why just the person Klaus Kinski was so much in the focus of interest. However, there is no freak-out to be seen here, as one has experienced it from him so many times. The clip rather shows an extremely quick-witted Kinski, who reacts in his very own way to a somewhat annoying questioner. Wonderful!

KINSKI IN TELLURIDE from 1979 (approx. 60 min.): The undisputed highlight of this DVD is the hour-long documentary featuring Kinski during the Telluride Film Festival. Recorded by a local TV station, this material has never been seen in Germany before. It shows a sometimes very thoughtful Kinski, flirting with the reporter in his typical way at the beginning, pondering very amicably with Werner Herzog about his work or simply reflecting on his thoughts about the business, his films or his life itself. There are little longueurs here and there in the feature, but Kinski fans will hardly be bothered by them. Absolutely worth seeing!

AUF LOS GEHT`S LOS from 1982 (approx. 9 min.): A very nice conclusion of the DVD and the entire series. Here Kinski meets Joachim Fuchsberger, with whom he once stood together in front of the camera in various Edgar Wallace films. Quite against his image, the actor here promotes Fitzcarraldo in a friendly, relaxed and polite way. Here, as in fact with all the contributions to the DVD, it becomes clear how multi-faceted a man Klaus Kinski actually was.

Just in the context of the first two parts of the series it becomes clear that he was just not only the scandal artist, who insulted his audience, was loudly upset about annoying questions and thus in various talk shows (in)pleasantly noticed. It also becomes clear how far apart Kinski's aspirations and the actual end result often were, not meaning his acting performances here, but just some of the films he was in. Kinski Talks is a great series that is actually brought to a perfect conclusion here. Certainly, the entertainment value is so high that one would like to see more. However, to get an impression of the versatility of the artist and the human being Klaus Kinski, this collection is just right in terms of content and scope. And that is exactly why there is also a deserved: absolutely recommendable!

Picture + sound: With the source material, some of which is over forty years old and has been gathering dust in the archives for a long time, excellent picture and sound quality cannot be expected. But if the whole thing had been technically polished, it would probably also have lost much of the authentic charm that makes these contributions such an entertaining testimony to the times.

Extras: As a bonus, there is a nearly 15-minute conversation with Austrian journalist, screenwriter and director Peter Hajek, whose interviews with Kinski for APROPOS FILM are featured in this collection, and who talks here about his own personal experiences with the eccentric actor. Good!

Conclusion: Kinski Talks 3 is the crowning conclusion of a great DVD series that illuminates many different facets of the artist and man Klaus Kinski in an extremely amusing and always surprising way. Estate manager Peter Geyer has unearthed six more rarities for this third DVD, which are not only extremely entertaining, but also reveal sides of Kinski that have remained hidden in many other interviews. Like the first two Kinski Talks DVDs, this one belongs in the DVD library of every film lover. Absolutely recommendable

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp