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My Best Fiend

1999 · 99 min

A wry, affectionate look back at a volatile creative partnership, full of wild anecdotes and jungle footage that feels both intimate and slightly unhinged.

Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale

Overview: A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.

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Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
obsession
friendship
madness
betrayal
Places: wilderness
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Written by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Eva Mattes, Baron van der Recke, José Koechlin von Stein, Bill Pence, Baronin van der Recke
Music: Popol Vuh
Cinematography: Peter Zeitlinger
Runtime: 99 min
Country: Germany, United Kingdom
Languages: German, English, Spanish

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