{414}{504}...cast the beam out|of thine own eye...
{510}{647}...and then the mote from mine. {951}{1066}- Jesus takes off his shirt...|- And lets others speak. {1080}{1169}...he kneels before the first one... {1244}{1318}...washing his dusty feet|with his shirt. {1633}{1743}I am not the Jesus of|the official Church... {1809}{1891}...who the police, bankers... {1894}{2001}...judges, hangmen, officers,|church bosses, politicians... {2006}{2090}...and other powerful|people tolerate. {2126}{2197}I am not your Superstar. {2301}{2387}Shut the fuck up! {2399}{2506}Come up here, bigmouth. {2573}{2625}I'm not a great speaker... {2627}{2776}...but maybe some of you seek|Christ. But I don't think this is Him. {2784}{2898}Because Christ was tolerant... {2900}{3062}...and if someone contradicted Him,|He would not tell them to shut up. {3070}{3139}No, He didn't say shut up. {3142}{3190}He took a whip... {3194}{3266}...and smacked their ugly faces! {3268}{3324}That's what He did... {3333}{3369}...you stupid pig! {3398}{3509}And if only one of you wants... {3512}{3559}...to hear me... {3562}{3617}...he has to wait... {3620}{3709}...until this fucking scum has left. {4096}{4130}If I may quote. {4132}{4262}"Thou shalt recognise them by|their works." That's what counts. {4838}{4921}Munich, 3 Elisabeth Street {5234}{5289}How do you do, Mr. Herzog? {5291}{5408}Herr von der Recke, I hope you|are prepared for this invasion. {5412}{5437}Yes, we are. {5467}{5582}You do know, that this apartment|has a very special meaning for me. {5593}{5669}As a thirteen-year-old|schoolboy, I used to live here... {5674}{5760}...with my mother and|my two brothers. {5765}{5820}This was a small, rather shabby|boarding house... {5822}{5888}-...now restored of course.|- That was in the Fifties? {5897}{5961}I was just thirteen. {5974}{6099}The odd thing was that I lived here|with Klaus Kinski for 3 months. {6104}{6139}Oh, really? {6144}{6201}It was a chain of coincidences. {6207}{6314}The owner of the boarding house,|Klara Rieth, an elderly lady of 65... {6322}{6435}...with wildly dyed orange hair, had|a soft spot for starving artists... {6446}{6544}...as she herself had come|from a family of artists. {6547}{6667}Kinski had been living nearby|in an attic, without furniture... {6675}{6777}...just bare beams, and everything|covered knee-high with dead leaves. {6783}{6870}He posed as a starving artist and|walked around stark-naked. {6876}{6899}Stark-naked? {6906}{6934}Yes, when the postman rang... {6942}{7078}...Kinski rustled through his leaves,|stark-naked, and signed. {7083}{7118}Where was that? {7138}{7205}Somewhere nearby. {7210}{7248}But he wore clothes|when he lived here, I hope? {7250}{7338}Yes, but from the very first|moment, he terrorised everyone. {7347}{7447}There were 8 parties living here.|He locked himself into the bathroom... {7464}{7506}The bath over there... {7514}{7608}- Wasn't there a door there?|- Yes, it led to the bathroom. {7614}{7666}- May we?|- Yes, go ahead. {7728}{7829}This room, to the left, was bigger. {7840}{7905}Yes, we enlarged the bathroom. {7914}{7982}That's where we used to live,|my mother and the three boys. {7991}{8058}The four of us in just|one single room. {8062}{8169}There were bunks. We were rather|poor, and my mother tried somehow... {8199}{8297}...to take part in the economic|miracle but got left behind. {8302}{8433}This bath was smaller because|our room reached up to here. {8462}{8621}Kinski had locked himself in this|bathroom for 2 days and 2 nights. {8629}{8687}For forty-eight hours. {8707}{8795}In his maniacal fury, he smashed|everything to smithereens. {8806}{8889}The bathtub, the toilet bowl -|everything. {8895}{9032}You could sift it through a tennis|racket. It was really incredible. {9040}{9185}I never thought it possible that|someone could rave for 48 hours. {9198}{9307}They called the police in the end,|but they left him in peace. {9354}{9494}He was put up there,|in a tiny staff room. {9497}{9546}- May l?|- Please, go ahead. {9553}{9637}It was completely different, then,|there was a long corridor... {9665}{9755}...and here there were one,|two, three small rooms. {9760}{9798}Yes. {9801}{9911}And here must have been|a wall and an entrance. {9918}{9978}The corridor went along here. {9993}{10067}And this here was Kinski's room. {10070}{10163}There was only room for|a bed and a small night table. {10166}{10224}And that was his window|looking onto the backyard. {10242}{10382}One day, Kinski took a huge|running start down the corridor... {10398}{10484}...while we were eating. I heard|a strange noise and then... {10490}{10624}...in an explosion the door came off|its hinges crashing into the room. {10636}{10787}He must have jumped against it at|full speed, and now he stood there... {10797}{10898}...flailing wildly, completely|hysterical, snow-white in the face. {10909}{10997}He was foaming at the mouth,|and he moved like this... {11014}{11085}Something came floating down|like leaves -they were his shirts... {11098}{11130}...his screams were incredibly shrill. {11132}{11207}He could actually break|wine glasses with his voice. {11217}{11390}And three octaves too high he|screamed, 'Klara! You pig!' {11399}{11470}The thing was, she hadn't ironed|his shirt collars neatly enough. {11481}{11633}Klara had him living here for free,|fed him and did his laundry. {11643}{11746}One day a theatre critic had|been invited for dinner. {11757}{11900}He hinted that having watched a|play in which Kinski had a small roll... {11908}{11987}...he would mention him as|outstanding and extraordinary. {12002}{12129}At once, Kinski threw 2 hot potatoes|and the cutlery into his face. {12154}{12212}He jumped up and screamed: {12224}{12275}"l was not excellent! {12278}{12354}I was not extraordinary! {12364}{12423}I was monumental! {12429}{12498}I was epochal!" {12506}{12610}All this made a very deep|impression on me then... {12620}{12714}...and that I would work with him|later and make five feature films... {12724}{12792}You would never|have thought that. {12794}{12846}No, that was never on|my horizon at the time. {12867}{12938}It was beyond my|furthest thoughts. {12940}{13053}Did he ever have any training as|an actor while he was here? {13070}{13116}He was self-taught. {13128}{13238}At times you could hear him in|his closet, for ten hours non-stop... {13259}{13331}...doing his voice and|speaking-exercises. {13351}{13406}It was absolutely incredible. {13421}{13530}He pretended to be a genius who|had fallen straight from heaven... {13546}{13619}...and who had obtained his|gift by the grace of God. {13630}{13755}In reality, it was incredible, how|much he trained himself. {13766}{13865}At that time, during his poetry|recitals, he still had this artificial... {13878}{14014}...theatre intonation of the Fifties,|a kind of a snorting snarl. {14025}{14103}He mastered it to perfection. {14156}{14207}And this is where I lived with him... {14214}{14318}...and so knew what to expect,|if I was to work with him. {14345}{14468}...salt-peter, blazing|phosphorous... {14470}{14565}...in the urine of a|donkey in heat... {14567}{14661}...in snakes' poison,|old hags' spittle... {14664}{14785}...in dog shit and|foul bath-water... {14788}{14929}...in wolf's milk, gall of oxen|and flooded latrines, {14946}{15018}In this juice... {15037}{15150}...thou shalt stew|the slanderers, {15154}{15223}In a tomcat's brain|who ceased to fish... {15248}{15333}...in the foam that dribbles|from the teeth of rabid dogs... {15343}{15440}...mixed with monkey's piss,|in bristles from a hedgehog torn... {15446}{15509}...in a rain barrel,|where vermin crawl... {15511}{15597}...perished rats and the|festering slime of... {15602}{15702}...toad-stools, glowing at night... {15706}{15786}...in horses' snot and in hot glue, {15817}{15871}In this juice... {15899}{16033}...shall the slanderers stew, {16090}{16185}Peru, the train tracks along|the Urubamba river... {16195}{16268}... Kinski's and my river of|destiny so to speak. {16276}{16368}I wanted to retrace|some of our steps. {16375}{16458}The first film we did together|was "Aguirre, the Wrath of God"... {16467}{16505}...which started here. {16515}{16605}It was my sixth film and I|was 28 at the time. {16618}{16678}I had sent Kinski my screenplay. {16684}{16798}Two nights later, at 3am, I was|awakened by the phone. {16802}{16861}At first I couldn't figure|out what was going on. {16870}{16982}All I heard were inarticulate screams|at the other end of the line. {16989}{17031}It was Kinski. {17036}{17130}After about half an hour, I could|filter out from his screams... {17142}{17257}...that he was ecstatic about the|screenplay and wanted to be Aguirre. {17364}{17488}The shooting of "Aguirre" was|faced with two pressing problems. {17498}{17537}One was the budget. {17539}{17563}Aguirre,|THE WRATH OF GOD {17566}{17747}Today, it is inconceivable that we|made the film with only $370,000. {17779}{17874}No one was interested|in financing it, and what's more... {17880}{18021}...Later, no one even wanted to|see the film for years. {18047}{18122}Kinski was the next problem. {18134}{18277}At the time, he had just cut|short a Jesus tour. {18287}{18407}He had appeared in huge arenas,|in the Deutschland Halle in Berlin... {18415}{18499}...and the audience merely|wanted to watch him rave. {18506}{18689}He was laughed at, had terrible|fits and raved and screamed... {18699}{18821}...and arrived here at our location as|a derided, misunderstood Jesus. {18826}{18923}He had wholly identified with his|role and continued to live on in it. {18930}{19038}Often, it was difficult to talk to him,|because he answered like Jesus. {19073}{19177}In his earlier phase you could|watch him in similar self- stylisations. {19184}{19290}As Franois Villon,|the poor, vagrant poet. {19306}{19462}Then as Dostoyevsky's idiot,|and later in his life, as Paganini. {19498}{19649}What is more, he had been|fascinated by the screenplay... {19667}{19797}...which had a different beginning|from the finished film. {19802}{19944}In the script, there was a scene on|a glacier at an altitude of 17,000 ft. {19957}{20069}A huge procession of altitude sick|pigs advances towards you. {20081}{20216}Only later would you realize that|this was part of a Spanish army... {20234}{20453}...of adventurers, accompanied|by 800 or a 1000 Indian auxiliaries. {20473}{20525}All this was cut from the script. {20537}{20690}Nevertheless, Kinski arrived|with half a ton of alpine equipment. {20701}{20922}He brought tents, sleeping bags,|crampons and ice axes. {20931}{21007}He badly wanted to expose|himself to wild nature... {21021}{21091}...but had some rather insipid|ideas about it. {21102}{21175}Mosquitos were not allowed in|his jungle, neither was rain. {21196}{21382}After establishing him in his tent,|it started to rain and he got wet. {21401}{21489}So, he immediately had one of|his raving fits during the first night. {21505}{21688}The next day we built a roof of|palm leaves above his tent. {21698}{21846}Still discomforted, he moved|into the hotel of Machu Picchu. {21854}{21945}At the time, there was only one|hotel with eight rooms. {21954}{22010}There was nothing here either... {22016}{22143}...except for a single hut|where I used to sleep. {22160}{22221}A native Indian woman lived there. {22242}{22302}A hunch-backed dwarf|with nine children. {22311}{22441}She also had 100-150 guinea-pigs,|which were there to eat. {22449}{22537}At night they crawled all over me,|and that was uncomfortable. {22548}{22672}So, I moved in with the Indians.|450 Indians from the highlands... {22681}{22794}...from an altitude of 15,000 ft.,|who stayed in this big barn. {22812}{22991}In a radius of about 100 miles, no|possibility to find shelter existed. {23004}{23073}I slept in there with them. {23079}{23169}The last two days before shooting|started were rather chaotic. {23178}{23283}I tried to establish some order and|worked 2 days and nights straight. {23295}{23373}Before going to sleep at dawn,|for one hour, I told them: {23380}{23493}Please, wake me up when you take|off in the train, but they forgot. {23502}{23639}I had been forgotten and in a|white hot panic I realized... {23648}{23733}...the train was taking off. I was fully|dressed, apart from my shoes. {23738}{23848}I ran after the departing train, 200|yards barefoot, across broken stone. {23854}{23998}With bleeding feet I barely|reached a step and got on. {24014}{24108}That was perhaps the most|important shooting day in my life. {24155}{24272}When I finally arrived up here,|there was a dense fog. {24278}{24380}Everything was clouded over|and it was pouring rain. {24404}{24472}You could only see|as far as 100 ft. {24485}{24561}The mountain back there was|completely enshrouded in cloud. {24569}{24614}You couldn't see anything,|except gray clouds. {24637}{24700}There was indescribable chaos. {24804}{24948}On top of that, there was a big|problem with Kinski. {24986}{25102}First, he realized he would|only be a dot in the landscape... {25116}{25169}...and not the centre of attention. {25179}{25318}He wanted to act in close-up with a|grim face, leading the entire army. {25350}{25473}I explained to him, that he wasn't|yet the leader of this expedition... {25482}{25554}...for that was Gonzalo Pizarro. {25573}{25633}It was very difficult... {25646}{25745}...because Kinski simply wasn't the|centre of attention in this scene. {25763}{25927}Secondly, our concept of|landscape differed profoundly. {25944}{26032}He wanted the shot to embrace|all of scenic Machu Picchu... {26039}{26190}...including the peak, just like a|Hollywood-style movie... {26211}{26359}...with the landscape as a beautiful|backdrop, exploited for the scene. {26366}{26439}Commercials work that way.|Postcards look like that... {26444}{26516}...but I wanted an ecstatic|detail of that landscape... {26529}{26669}...where all the drama, passion and|human pathos became visible. {26674}{26821}He just didn't understand this,|but for me it was something crucial. {26831}{26951}A landscape with almost|human qualities. {27009}{27146}Kinski replied, the only fascinating|landscape on this earth... {27154}{27248}...was the human face. {27257}{27339}After that I removed him|from this shot. {27342}{27437}I also had the feeling that this|scene without any faces... {27446}{27525}...would stick in the spectators'|minds for a long time. {27536}{27633}Kinski raved about my|being a megalomaniac. {27646}{27748}I answered him back:|"That makes two of us!" {27893}{27987}Finally, at 11 am, everything|opened up, and here... {27997}{28140}...on the right-hand side, very|strangely, the clouds stayed put... {28147}{28266}...and to the left they parted and|then the file of people came down. {28279}{28408}While we were shooting, l|had a very profound feeling... {28422}{28532}...as if the grace of God was with|this film and with me. {28541}{28599}As if I were witnessing|something extraordinary... {28606}{28681}...which I would never see again. {28802}{28946}I can say, that on this day I definitely|came to know my own destiny. {29699}{29792}2000 ft. below Machu Picchu, the|Urubamba flows around... {29800}{29907}...the lnka Site and the|rocky peak nearby. {29918}{29977}During the dry season|the boulders are in the open... {29986}{30114}...but the water can|rise rapidly here by 40 feet. {30235}{30345}This is what the same|place looks like at high water. {30353}{30491}It seemed to me like a metaphor|for our turbulent relationship. {30494}{30601}If you want someone to be|agitated, let him be agitated! {30673}{30815}- Fucking shoot! Let's shoot this shit!|- The camera won't roll now. {30830}{30898}It's an insult!|You have to beg me, {30909}{31046}...even David Lean did that|and Brecht too. {31049}{31154}- You will do it as well, my dear!|- I will not. -We shall see! {31156}{31221}- I will not do it.|- We shall see! {31301}{31369}I couldn't care less what|Brecht and David Lean did. {31516}{31617}What was the reason for|inflicting this on myself? {31627}{31710}At age 15, I had seen Kinski|in the anti-war film: {31722}{31781}"Children, Mothers and a General." {31790}{31883}He plays a lieutenant who|leads schoolboys to the front. {31999}{32066}Maximilian Schell also|plays a small part. {32072}{32137}He falls in love|and wants to desert. {32146}{32221}Kinski will have him shot for|that the next morning. {32223}{32305}Don't be afraid,|I haven't seen a girl in 3 years, {32306}{32361}Hey, you! Go away! {32382}{32423}That bastard, {32433}{32507}Are you coming?|I shall wait outside, o,k,? {32534}{32606}Do me this favour, please, {32654}{32786}The mothers of the boys and the|soldiers go to sleep for a few hours. {32791}{32893}Kinski is awakened at daybreak,|and the way he wakes up... {32898}{32956}...will forever stay in my memory. {33025}{33062}Yes, we have to leave, {33067}{33180}This one moment, repeated here,|impressed me so profoundly... {33183}{33271}...that later, it was a decisive|factor in my professional life. {33437}{33473}Yes, we have to leave, {33654}{33756}Strange, how memory can|magnify something like that. {33764}{33850}The following scene, where he|orders Maximilian Schell to be shot... {33858}{33924}...seems much more|impressive to me today. {34028}{34059}Now! {34187}{34297}- Will he be shot?|- It's outrageous, you can't do this! {34306}{34404}You have to listen to him, at least,|We beg you, {34423}{34539}But this is murder!|It can't be decided just like that! {34542}{34579}Lately it can, {34836}{34922}Lima, the airport. {34937}{35032}On the traces of the past,|I met Justo Gozalez... {35040}{35153}...who works here as a tourist|guide and has been waiting for me. {35159}{35265}He was one of the Spanish|soldiers from Aguirre's expedition. {35274}{35420}We hadn't seen each|other for more than 25 years. {35560}{35669}22nd of February, We are|suffering terrible hardship, {35682}{35762}The men have a fever|and are hallucinating, {35770}{35836}Hardly anybody can|still keep on his legs, {35842}{35956}The soldier Justo Gonzalez drank|my ink, thinking it was medicine, {35976}{36084}I can't write anymore,|We are drifting in circles, {36415}{36504}Here, at the left of the picture,|Justo Gonzalez then... {36510}{36660}... in the role of a Spanish|adventurer, exhausted by fever. {37207}{37341}In all scenes of the movie, Kinski|had an intense aggressiveness... {37346}{37427}...being at the same time|cold-blooded and calculating. {37447}{37552}In one of the scenes we attacked an|Indian village which we burnt down. {37567}{37711}Kinski assaulted the extras who were|distracted by the food they found. {37742}{37885}He flailed wildly at us and|hit my head with his sword. {38133}{38209}Luckily my iron helmet|protected me. {38219}{38370}He hit so hard that I suffered a|considerable wound on my head. {38376}{38460}I didn't lose consciousness,|but suffered massive bleeding. {38564}{38630}And without your helmet,|what would have happened? {38643}{38691}Without the helmet,|he could have killed me. {38702}{38751}He would have split my skull. {38761}{38848}He was precise in|aiming at my helmet... {38860}{39036}...but always impulsive, aggressive,|out of control. Hitting everyone. {39113}{39166}And afterwards? {39174}{39327}Afterwards, this scar remained.|It's still visible today. {39505}{39649}That same night, after shooting,|we extras were relaxing. {39668}{39716}We drank a little and played cards. {39732}{39810}Klaus Kinski became irate|and aggressive over this. {39823}{39894}Apparently he wanted to show|that he was a tough guy... {39905}{39999}...and with his Winchester he shot|three bullets into our hut. {40010}{40145}We were 45 men cramped together|in there and he wounded one of us. {40159}{40291}He shot off his fingertip. There|was so much blood, I was afraid... {40301}{40391}...that the man was hit in the body,|but it was only the middle finger. {40402}{40485}The extra's name was Araos. {40488}{40577}The trajectory of the bullets... {40587}{40729}did they penetrate the roof diagonally|from above and then into the floor? {40734}{40825}No, he shot straight|through the wall. {40864}{40917}He hated everybody... {40921}{41089}...was impulsive, unpredictable,|half-mad. He was not quite normal. {41107}{41206}Aggressive.|A diabolical character. {41214}{41298}He always went around armed. {41402}{41483}One day you threatened|him with death. {41495}{41555}You couldn't take it any longer... {41561}{41623}...when he wanted to walk out|before the end of shooting. {41638}{41688}A lot of scenes were still missing. {41692}{41772}And how many sacrifices|had we made? {41946}{42089}A few days journey from Machu|Picchu, down the Urubamba river. {42106}{42281}Here, at the rapids of the Pongo,|we shot parts of "Fitzcarraldo". {42303}{42418}During the dry season, with|the water at its lowest level... {42426}{42500}...this is quite harmless. {42912}{43060}Kinski was a peculiar mixture of|physical cowardice and courage. {43082}{43181}A wasp nearby could cause him|to scream for his mosquito net... {43187}{43272}...and for a doctor with a syringe. {43290}{43406}I shall never forget one moment,|that was right here in the Pongo. {43441}{43555}We had managed to drag our|huge ship up to here, inch by inch... {43562}{43700}...against the current. The water|rises 30 feet higher here... {43719}{43806}...and then all hell breaks loose. {43812}{43941}Both to the right and left, we had|fastened 60 steel cables to the rock... {43948}{44050}...so that the boat was able|to pull itself up with the winches. {44062}{44113}All that took about eleven days... {44122}{44250}...just to pull the boat|half a mile into these rapids. {44259}{44326}Then something|unexpected happened. {44335}{44426}The water rose another 6 feet|and the 14 steel cables... {44434}{44607}...each with a diameter of 3 inches|were torn up with a single jerk. {44857}{45022}The boat capsized, laying|almost horizontally in the water. {45050}{45166}More bizarre, there was a pregnant|woman on board. The cook's wife. {45183}{45227}The cook in mortal fear... {45230}{45330}...Looking for something vertical,|jumped on half a pig. {45338}{45442}He clutched it and went|swinging on this pig. {45450}{45567}Later on, he had to endure some|jokes about this of course... {45575}{45610}Kinski knew about this incident. {45620}{45702}We did some shooting here,|without any crew on board... {45711}{45816}...and the boat was hurled into|the rocks with such an impact... {45822}{46016}...that the keel was wrapped around|itself like the lid of a sardine tin. {46033}{46141}The anchor had penetrated|the thick metal wall. {46149}{46242}Everyone knew it,|including Kinski. {46251}{46449}I then thought we should shoot|with a couple of cameras on board. {46453}{46568}We had six volunteers and|suddenly Kinski said... {46582}{46633}"if you go on board,|I'm coming with you. {46641}{46692}If you sink, I shall sink too." {47120}{47211}Look, you can stop it again...|at the beginning. {47370}{47422}This is a real|gramophone needle? {47425}{47545}No, that's a normal|sewing needle. {47793}{47893}Paul, good luck to you. {47946}{47998}If you fall off, I'll catch you. {48066}{48105}What happened? {48140}{48173}Pongo, {48177}{48243}We are drifting through the Pongo! {48466}{48611}While we were shooting, one|of the impacts was so violent... {48621}{48736}... I remember seeing the lense|shooting out of the camera. {48744}{48859}It flew off, and the camera man,|Thomas Mauch, I tried holding him... {48864}{48940}...he flew 25 or 30 ft. through|the air with me. {48950}{49038}The camera weighs about 40 lbs.|He held it on his shoulder... {49048}{49209}...it hit the deck so hard that|his hand was split apart... {49221}{49257}...between these two fingers. {49260}{49392}What a pity, Klaus, that you|ran away before the boat struck. {49399}{49469}But that was the whole idea!|I'm not an idiot! {49496}{49590}We flew forward and the lens... {49601}{49695}That's when I ran! {49814}{49857}This lens here flew off.|-That was the idea. {49860}{49894}The rock came even closer. {49896}{49976}I ran back screaming:|"The engine!" {49978}{50089}Then the impact and you flew.|Perfect timing. {50585}{50707}There were moments, too,|when Kinski instinctively knew... {50735}{50794}...that he went too far. {50810}{50893}And in moments like that he|was a coward, thank God. {50902}{51002}There was an incident|at Rio Nanay... {51009}{51074}...that was the last phase of|the shooting of "Aguirre". {51090}{51257}As so often, he didn't know his|lines, and would look for a victim. {51274}{51328}Suddenly he screamed like mad: {51333}{51407}"You pig!" meaning the|assistant camera man. {51411}{51449}"He grinned!" {51456}{51505}I was supposed to fire him at once. {51514}{51687}Of course I wouldn't fire him, or|else the whole team would leave. {51698}{51782}He suddenly packed his|things in dead earnest... {51793}{51894}...resolved to leave our location,|packing everything in a speedboat. {51902}{52027}I knew he had broken 30, 40,|50 contracts before this. {52033}{52093}Only shortly before he|had broken up a tour. {52102}{52263}He ruined theatre engagements|and I knew he was leaving for good. {52284}{52373}I went up to him, very composed,|by the way, I was not armed... {52386}{52521}...Later on, he tried to change|things around to save face. {52536}{52601}I went up to him and said:|"You can't do this. {52610}{52684}The movie is more important|than our personal emotions... {52701}{52780}...even more important|than our persons and... {52791}{52891}...this can't be permitted.|This simply will not be!" {52902}{52989}He said: "No, I'm leaving now". {52994}{53145}I told him, I had a rifle and by the|time he'd reach the next bend... {53196}{53324}...there'd be 8 bullets in his head|and the ninth one would be mine. {53340}{53458}He instinctively knew that this|wasn't a joke anymore. {53463}{53552}He screamed for the|police like a madman. {53565}{53692}However, the next police station|was at least 300 miles away. {53699}{53807}The press later wrote that I directed|him from behind the camera... {53814}{53885}...with a loaded rifle. {53887}{53920}Of course, this wasn't true... {53922}{54040}...but he was very disciplined during|the last days of shooting. {54042}{54118}The beast had been|domesticated after all... {54126}{54266}...and pressed into shape, so that|his true madness and energy... {54278}{54368}...were contained within the|frame of a screen image. {54377}{54471}I thank his cowardice|and his instincts... {54476}{54525}...for a magnificent ending|of "Aguirre". {54712}{54843}When we reach the sea,|we'll build a bigger boat and... {54850}{54978}...with it we'll sail north and take|Trinidad away from the Spanish Crown, {55152}{55263}From there we'll go on and|take Mexico from Cortez, {55329}{55411}What a great betrayal that will be! {55438}{55530}We will then control all|of New Spain... {55536}{55614}...and we will stage history... {55622}{55697}...as others stage plays, {56233}{56312}I, the Wrath of God... {56346}{56414}...will marry my own daughter... {56447}{56531}...and with her found|the purest dynasty... {56551}{56612}...ever known to man, {56628}{56773}Together we will rule the|whole of this continent, {56947}{56997}We will endure, {57047}{57114}I am the Wrath of God... {57148}{57206}...who else is with me? {57418}{57473}I was with him... {57482}{57556}Kinski and I complemented each|other in a strange way. {57563}{57631}I think, he needed me just as|much as I needed him. {57642}{57765}Only in public, he could never admit|it. It bothered him very much. {57772}{57916}In his autobiography, which is|highly fictitious, he describes me... {57922}{58010}...our relationship.|I shall read some of it. {58017}{58145}He speaks of Herzog's "derangement|insolence, impudence, brutality... {58153}{58265}...dimwittedness, megalomania, lack|of talent" and it goes on like that. {58272}{58345}He continuous: "Any elaboration|would be a waste of time." {58352}{58456}Nevertheless, page after page,|he comes back to me... {58465}{58544}...almost like an|obsessive compulsion. {58552}{58731}In some passages of this book,|I kind of had a hand in them. {58740}{58879}I helped him to invent|particularly vile expletives. {58886}{58994}He lived near here, a little higher|up, and we often walked along here. {58999}{59114}Sometimes we sat on a wooden|bench, looking over the landscape... {59126}{59215}...or we sat by this tree|musing, and he said: {59229}{59323}"Werner, nobody will read this book|if I don't write bad stuff about you. {59330}{59434}If I wrote that we get along well|together, nobody would buy it. {59442}{59520}The scum only wants to hear|about the dirt, all the time." {59532}{59684}I came with a dictionary and we tried|to find even fouler expressions. {59694}{59785}He did use some of them and|we often laughed about it. {59809}{59950}Yet, a lot of these outbreaks of|hatred were certainly authentic. {59957}{59990}And this applies to both of us. {60007}{60084}Nevertheless, we|worked together again. {60922}{61014}"Woyzeck" was shot in the|small Czech town of Telc. {61021}{61114}Eva Mattes was Kinski's|partner in the role of Marie. {61131}{61232}She was one of the few women|who had anything good to say... {61240}{61285}...about Kinski. {61294}{61389}There, under those arches,|we shot quite a lot... {61435}{61502}...and on the square out there too. {61513}{61658}Kinski had arrived exhausted from|the shooting of "Nosferatu". {61662}{61775}We had only 5 days in between. He|was able to grow some stubbles... {61802}{61955}...and he was in a peculiar, fragile|and sensitive mood. {61982}{62088}How would you describe him?|He was different with you. {62098}{62249}Yes, that kind of exhaustion can|stimulate you to reach rare heights. {62258}{62342}He was a very professional actor... {62348}{62432}...the most professional|I have ever known. {62437}{62581}And he certainly exploited this,|this fragility you just mentioned... {62592}{62709}...which is almost like a gift for|Woyzeck, if you bring it with you... {62723}{62785}...in such a moment of exhaustion. {62810}{62902}I respected him totally,|but it was mutual. {62914}{62982}I was anxiously looking|forward to working with him... {62987}{63046}...because I knew him to|be a mad actor. {63055}{63136}I got to know him|as a powerhouse... {63141}{63221}...you just had to plug into. {63310}{63370}Do you know how long|it has been, Marie? {63398}{63450}At Whitsuntide it has|been two years, {63500}{63563}And do you know|how long it will be? {63634}{63694}I have to go and prepare supper, {63717}{63783}- You two weren't merely actors.|- That's right. {63790}{63966}There was a strong intuition.|He was a terribly intuitive actor. {63984}{64109}And I am the same. There is|a scene in Woyzeck where... {64113}{64143}...Woyzeck says to Marie: {64167}{64222}"You have such a beautiful|mouth, and no blister on it." {64231}{64359}The next day, I had a white blister|in the middle of my lip. {64366}{64492}Never before in my life did I have a|blister on my lip and never after. {64520}{64658}He saw it the following day and|made some vulgar jokes about it. {64665}{64716}But the whole thing|was very strange. {64719}{64893}There was a great intensity|between us, or rather he had it... {64898}{64996}...and I had it. And I can't|describe it any further. {65066}{65129}The situation in the film|is the following: {65138}{65198}Marie has an affair|with a drum major. {65207}{65341}Woyzeck, drifting towards insanity,|has reason to be suspicious. {65388}{65440}This scene, like almost|everything in Woyzeck... {65450}{65540}...was filmed in a single|take without a cut. {65930}{65976}Is it still you? {66034}{66073}Really... {66141}{66194}...I can't see a thing, {66197}{66284}You look so strange,|Franz, I'm frightened, {66319}{66370}I can't see anything, {66453}{66502}I can't see anything, {66581}{66680}One should see it,|grab it with one's fists, {66682}{66759}What's the matter, Franz?|Your brain is raging, {66766}{66829}Many folks go through this lane, {66838}{66939}You talk with whom you want,|What does it matter to me, {66953}{67000}There...there he stood? {67150}{67194}Like this with you? {67236}{67276}I wish it had been me, {67278}{67358}I can't keep people|from the street and... {67361}{67428}...keep them from|bringing their mouths, {67433}{67487}And not leaving their lips at home, {67496}{67569}Such a shame,|they're so beautiful... {67582}{67656}...but wasps like|to settle on them, {67738}{67794}What kind of wasp|has stung you? {67808}{67925}A sin, so thick and broad,|It stinks so badly... {67932}{68038}...you could smoke out the|little angels from heaven, {68155}{68234}You have a red mouth, Marie... {68256}{68299}...and no blister on it, {68302}{68365}- Franz, you are talking in a fever!|- I saw him, {68368}{68457}Two good eyes see|a lot in sunshine, {68460}{68533}Did he stand there?|Like this? Like this? {68536}{68589}As the world is... {68592}{68657}...many people can|stand in one place, {68660}{68684}Dare touch me, Franz! {68686}{68761}I'd rather have a knife in my|body than your hand on mine, {69098}{69128}No... {69204}{69275}...something must be on her, {69300}{69359}Something should be on her, {69399}{69466}Every human being is an abyss, {69494}{69564}You get dizzy, looking down, {69618}{69694}Innocence, you have|a sign on you, {69735}{69826}Do I know it? Do I know it? {70122}{70203}I didn't know him, privately,|so to speak... {70207}{70414}... but the little that was revealed|during shooting was very friendly. {70426}{70589}On the last day of shooting,|we took a group photo of the team. {70602}{70705}- I was sad that shooting was over.|- Yes, you cried. {70712}{70805}I left early, because l|couldn't keep from sobbing. {70813}{70894}All of a sudden, I heard steps|behind me and someone said: {70898}{70942}"Wait a moment".|It was Kinski. {70947}{70993}He took me in|his arms, and he said: {70998}{71058}"Eva, I know exactly how you feel." {71064}{71142}That was so wonderful.|It did me a lot of good. {71148}{71219}I really needed that,|and he was there. {71225}{71299}He went to the hotel with me,|holding me the entire time... {71303}{71348}...and he simply knew. {71354}{71542}When I got to Cannes, I received,|I guess erroneously... {71547}{71602}No, you deserved it! {71606}{71748}...this prize. I received it and not|Klaus. I went to him and said: {71755}{71829}"Well, what do you think|about my getting this prize?" {71842}{71955}And he said: "Eva, I think only|of that walk we took together... {71962}{72055}...from the location to the hotel,|when you cried so." {72068}{72213}That was great. He was sitting|in the audience, applauding me... {72222}{72377}...and he said: "Finally you're|wearing a gorgeous dress!" {72389}{72533}I had told him beforehand.|If they do give a prize... {72536}{72641}...it would have to be a joint one,|for him, as well. And he said: {72648}{72794}"l don't care about that scum!|Why should I receive a prize? {72799}{72867}I know that I'm a genius! {72872}{72927}And on and on.|I said: "We all know that. {72935}{73078}You never need to get a prize.|It just compromises you... {73090}{73207}...and drags you to the same level|of the media, this whole circus." {73215}{73329}That did him a lot of good.|He was very loving with me then. {73342}{73460}He kissed me on the mouth and|held me for a long time... {73470}{73545}...and was all broken up and|very deeply touched. {73555}{73638}There were quite a few|moments like that between us. {73654}{73874}It's always difficult to explain that|he also had great human warmth... {73878}{74148}...which abruptly could turn into|rage of unimaginable proportions. {74162}{74272}You won't tell me whether l|can scream or not! {74275}{74372}You can lick my ass.|I'm going to smack your face. {74376}{74446}You can count on it! {74454}{74523}I'll kick your ass if you mouth off|to me! -Come on! {74750}{74812}This quarrel, here,|filmed as an aside... {74828}{74913}...was with our capable production|manager, Walter Saxer. {74919}{74992}By some rare chance, I was|not the brunt of it this time. {74994}{75083}I don't give a shit about your|jerking off with your friendship! {75112}{75168}Go on making your shit! {75182}{75310}The cause was trivial, and I didn't|bother to interfere, because Kinski... {75315}{75393}...compared with his previous|outbreaks seemed rather mild. {75444}{75560}I simply continued setting up|for the next scene. {75562}{75634}- Fine, you won't get anymore.|- Pigs' slops, that's what it is! {75636}{75697}- You don't have to eat it.|- What, you fucking idiot? {75699}{75785}Eat what you want. {75788}{75859}It's worse than in a prison,|you asshole! {75862}{75944}- You want to tell me what to eat?|- Then no food for you {75975}{76052}He's a madman, Lucki. {76054}{76113}Take this piece of shit away! {76130}{76205}You can eat your own shit! {76208}{76262}A lunatic!|He belongs in an asylum! {76265}{76358}A madman! He's mad,|he's an idiot. {76385}{76466}Somebody needs to hit you in|the face. You should be locked up. {76601}{76658}I'm not finished with you,|yet, you stupid pig! {76670}{76770}How can you let such an asshole|run your production? {76855}{76890}You don't exist for me! {76893}{76983}You better behave like|a human being around here. {76986}{77069}This is outrageous. {77120}{77218}Come on, lick my ass, man!|We're making a movie! {77221}{77318}And we'll put you in your place|where you belong, you idiot! {77320}{77363}Shut up! {77371}{77413}You bother me! {77416}{77561}These ravings were frightening and|a real problem for the Indians... {77575}{77687}...who solve their conflicts|in a totally different manner. {77701}{77819}You are so stupid that you are|not aware of the consequences... {77848}{77898}I don't give a shit|about the consequences. {77914}{77972}I know! You don't fucking|care about anything! {78022}{78075}In any case, I don't care|about your tantrums. {78137}{78209}Nobody can live on this pig food. {78214}{78272}Nobody can be so stupid! {78333}{78404}Then don't eat it. {78419}{78563}Do you understand! I'm leaving!|This is outrageous! {78570}{78678}- Come on, let's leave it.|- Then tell him to shut his face. {78695}{78798}Come on, just leave it alone, you|two, Walter, you and Klaus. {79022}{79153}One of you ought to have the nerve|to stop this. OK, let's start shooting. {79185}{79290}We need some preparation,|I would like to rehearse again. {79298}{79463}Klaus, I'd like to show|you what I have in mind. {79728}{79921}Kinski's raving fits strained|things with our Indian extras. {79931}{80051}They were Machiguengas, these|two here, and a lot of Campas, too. {80059}{80242}Normally, they speak very softly|and physical contacts are gentle. {80260}{80417}They were afraid. They would sit|huddled together, whispering. {80791}{80886}Towards the end of shooting one|of the chiefs came to me and said: {80903}{81036}"You probably realized that we were|afraid, but not for one moment... {81042}{81126}...were we scared of that screaming|madman, shouting his head off." {81138}{81223}They were actually afraid of me,|because I was so quiet. {81229}{81520}Kinski's fits can partly be explained|by his egocentric character. {81537}{81669}Egocentric is perhaps not the right|word; he was an outright egomaniac. {81677}{81804}Whenever there was a serious|accident, it became a big problem... {81814}{81876}...because, all of a sudden, he was|no longer the centre of attention. {81878}{81926}He was no longer important. {81935}{82108}Once, a lumberman was bitten|by a snake while cutting a tree. {82125}{82226}This only happened once in 3 years,|with hundreds of woodcutters... {82233}{82312}...in the jungle who always worked|barefoot with their chain saws. {82318}{82478}The snakes naturally flee from the|smell of gasoline and the noise. {82487}{82602}Suddenly this chuchupe|struck the man twice. {82626}{82697}This was the most|dangerous snake of all. {82706}{82850}It only takes a few minutes|before cardiac arrest occurs. {82862}{82994}He dropped the saw and thought|about it for five seconds... {83005}{83185}...then he grabbed the saw|again and cut off his foot. {83200}{83360}It saved his life, because the camp|and serum was 20 minutes away. {83385}{83482}When that happened, I knew|Kinski would start raving... {83491}{83664}...with some trifling excuse, because|now he was just a marginal figure. {83666}{83812}In another incident, a plane crashed,|which was bringing 6 people here. {83818}{83933}Luckily, they all survived, but|some were seriously injured. {83939}{84066}There were confusing reports|on the radio, completely garbled... {84083}{84142}...and Kinski saw that he was|no longer in demand. {84151}{84253}So, he threw a fit, because his coffee|was only lukewarm that morning. {84262}{84395}For hours he screamed at me,|that close to my face. Incredible. {84405}{84501}I didn't know how to calm him|down, and then I had an inspiration. {84509}{84650}I went to my hut, where, for months|I had hidden a piece of chocolate. {84660}{84733}We would almost have killed one|another for something like that. {84739}{84854}I went back to him, going right into|his face and ate the chocolate. {84861}{84944}All of a sudden he was quiet.|This was utterly beyond him. {84959}{85124}Towards the end of shooting, the|Indians offered to kill Kinski for me. {85128}{85181}They said:|"Shall we kill him for you?" {85188}{85289}And I said: "No, for God's sake!|I still need him for shooting. {85296}{85358}Leave him to me!" {85366}{85431}I declined, at the time, but|they were dead serious. {85441}{85533}They would have killed him,|undoubtedly, if I had wanted it. {85537}{85685}I at once regretted that I held the|Indians back from their purpose. {85697}{85840}The proposal to do away with|Kinski came from this Chief. {85994}{86197}The rage the Indians felt toward|Kinski was exploited for this scene. {86526}{86664}Kinski maintained that he felt close|to the Indians, but this wasn't true. {86671}{86798}He wanted to pretend that he|was close to 'Nature's Children'... {86804}{86920}...and thus to 'Mother Nature'. {87030}{87139}Between Kinski and me there|was an unbridgeable gap. {87158}{87206}This had to do with his|feeling for nature. {87213}{87296}He stylised himself as|the 'Natural Man'. {87304}{87445}I believe that everything he said|about the jungle was mainly posing. {87451}{87589}He declared everything around here|erotic, but he never went near it. {87591}{87761}He stayed in a camp for months,|but never set foot in the jungle. {87774}{87925}Once he penetrated it for about|100 feet, where a fallen tree lay. {87932}{88012}Of course, the photographer|had to go with him... {88017}{88110}...taking hundreds of photos of|him tenderly embracing... {88119}{88229}...and copulating with this tree. {88244}{88379}Poses and paraphernalia were|what mattered to him. {88385}{88494}His alpine gear was more important|than the mountains themselves. {88500}{88601}His camouflage combat fatigues|tailored by Yves Saint Laurent... {88604}{88675}...were much more important|than any jungle. {88683}{88874}In this regard, Kinski was endowed|with a fair share of natural stupidity. {88935}{89081}The difference in our views became|most apparent during "Fitzcarraldo". {91622}{91729}Strangely enough, we reached|some kind of tacit understanding... {91734}{91821}...which even extended|to his ravings. {91832}{92075}Sometimes he had an awareness|that he needed to produce a fit. {92082}{92234}I often provoked him, making a|remark so that he would explode. {92247}{92338}I knew he would then continue|screaming for one and a half hours. {92344}{92441}White foam would appear at the|corners of his mouth... {92452}{92493}...until he had emptied himself out. {92502}{92672}At such moments Aguirre's|madness would break through. {92681}{92809}I knew there had to be a very|quiet, very dangerous tone now. {92826}{92971}Kinski saw it differently.|He wanted Aguirre to start raving... {92978}{93068}...declaring himself to be the|great traitor and Wrath of God. {93076}{93194}Deep down, he did understand me,|and hoped I would provoke him... {93199}{93287}...so he would throw|his tantrum first... {93290}{93380}...and then we could|shoot the scene. {93383}{93489}I am the great traitor,|There must be no other! {93541}{93665}Anyone, even thinking about|deserting, will be cut into 198 pieces! {93694}{93832}And then trampled upon until what is|left can only be used to paint walls, {93973}{94039}Whoever takes one grain of corn... {94042}{94101}...and one drop of water|more than his ration... {94136}{94237}...will be locked up for 155 years, {94374}{94481}If I, Aguirre, want the birds|to drop dead from the trees... {94484}{94569}...the birds will drop dead|from the trees, {94666}{94720}I am the Wrath of God, {94755}{94840}The earth I pass will|see me and tremble, {94974}{95097}Who follows me and the|river will win untold riches, {95314}{95373}But whoever deserts... {95831}{95926}Kinski sometimes seriously|believed that I was mad. {95955}{96085}This isn't true of course. I am quite|sane, clinically sane, so to speak. {96105}{96218}Nevertheless, he might have been|referring to something in particular. {96222}{96301}Together we were like two|critical masses... {96318}{96429}...which result in a dangerous mixture|when they come into contact. {96436}{96503}Something that became|highly explosive. {96530}{96658}I was never out of my senses,|but perhaps just very angry. {96666}{96854}One day I seriously planned to|firebomb him in his house. {96860}{97026}This was prevented only by the|vigilance of his Alsatian shepherd. {97047}{97209}But although we kept our distance,|we'd seek out one another again... {97212}{97243}...at the right time. {97551}{97643}We met at the Telluride Film|Festival in Colorado. {97649}{97740}At that time we had already|made three films together. {97751}{97802}We hadn't seen each|other for some time... {97812}{97859}...and were looking forward|to our meeting... {97864}{97970}...although I had just shortly before|given up my plan to murder him. {100637}{100720}Nosferatu -Phantom of the Night {101754}{101841}You must excuse|my rude entrance, {101851}{101913}I am Count Dracula, {101953}{102005}I know of you, {102019}{102106}I have read Jonathan's diary, {102133}{102224}Since he has been|with you, he's ruined, {102231}{102301}- He will not die,|- Yes, he will, {102361}{102502}Dying is cruelty for the unsuspecting,|but death is not everything, {102530}{102630}It is more cruel|not to be able to die, {102635}{102761}I wish I could partake of the love|that's between you and Jonathan, {102810}{102941}Nothing in this world, not|even God, can touch that, {102968}{103072}It will not change, even if Jonathan|never recognises me again, {103082}{103224}I could change everything,|Come to me and be my ally... {103233}{103345}...there'd be salvation for|your husband and for me, {103380}{103463}The absence of love... {103481}{103560}...is the most abject pain, {103603}{103683}Salvation comes from|ourselves alone, {103732}{103783}And you may rest assured... {103806}{103918}...that even the unthinkable|will not deter me, {104154}{104269}Every gray hair on my|head I call Kinski. {104467}{104602}Yes, I miss him.|Now and then I do miss him. {104610}{104737}There are moments, when|he is very much alive for me. {104751}{104885}He created a climate of|unconditional professionalism. {104890}{105033}He used to complain about the|lighting and demanded changes. {105039}{105224}I can remember that vividly, when|shooting at the post office in Iquitos. {105230}{105393}Something wasn't quite as it should|be and he asked for a mirror. {105395}{105462}And as always, he was right. {105470}{105609}He never maintained something|was wrong, when it wasn't. {105613}{105700}He sensed with|25 people on the set... {105703}{105799}...when somebody in the back|was whispering. {105803}{105845}Yes, the raving fit would|follow without fail. {105857}{105995}It was almost an animal|presence that he had. {106007}{106139}I learned something special from|him, from his physicality. {106146}{106231}I later called it the Kinski spiral... {106238}{106277}...meaning an appearance|from behind the camera. {106286}{106355}If you enter the scene from the|side, showing your profile... {106364}{106466}...and then face the camera,|there is no tension. {106470}{106520}He developed something. {106530}{106656}Standing next to the tripod, he|would twist his leg around... {106666}{106792}...and this way his body had to spiral|itself organically into the picture. {106798}{106921}If you were the camera, he would|position himself right next to it... {106930}{107010}...and twist into frame. {107014}{107114}This created a mysterious,|disturbing tension. {107584}{107641}Come and play|something for the men, {108034}{108132}He did spiral just like that, I can|remember, up on that platform... {108142}{108214}...when we were filming|simultaneously from a helicopter. {108250}{108407}He did it up on that platform,|and that was very dangerous... {108448}{108540}...because it was well over|120 feet up in the treetops. {108545}{108702}Everything was swaying and|they hoisted us up there. {110302}{110361}I can hardly believe it, {110375}{110449}There is the Ucayali, {110486}{110571}All the river above the|Pongo das Mortes belongs to us, {110574}{110663}I knew it, we're going|to build a railway tunnel, {110666}{110695}No, {110726}{110795}We're going to drag that|ship over the mountain, {110798}{110862}And the bare-asses|are going to help us. {110866}{110925}How the hell are|we going to do this? {110927}{110985}Just like the cow|jumped over the moon, {111006}{111080}We often understood one|another without words... {111084}{111154}...almost like animals. {111163}{111365}And the closeness became such|that we almost changed roles. {111372}{111449}When we started Jason|Robards was Fitzcarraldo... {111454}{111533}...and Mick Jagger|played his sidekick. {111538}{111624}Jason became so ill that we had|to fly him out to the United States. {111637}{111708}And the doctors wouldn't|permit him to return. {113621}{113751}This church remains closed|till this town has its opera house, {113850}{113898}I want the opera house, {113925}{113972}I want my opera house! {114004}{114065}I want to have an opera! {114103}{114218}The church remains closed|until this town has an opera! {114251}{114319}I will build my opera house! {114338}{114402}I will build an opera! {114411}{114456}I want to have an opera! {114909}{115136}I knew, if I didn't get him, I'd have|to change body and role with him. {115143}{115353}I thank God on my knees that l|didn't have to and that Kinski did it. {115360}{115467}We had a blessed one|working there, and I am truly glad. {115485}{115592}I met him in New York|and he was just great. {115598}{115731}I was devastated, and he opened|a bottle of champagne and said: {115742}{115834}"l knew it, Werner, I knew|I would be Fitzcarraldo. {115838}{115908}I am Fitzcarraldo and|you're not going to be him... {115912}{115958}...because I'm much better|than you. {115962}{116017}Of course he was right. {116025}{116132}But when I brought him to this site,|he saw how steep the terrain was. {116139}{116279}His heart sank, and he thought, for|God's sake, this can't be done. {116283}{116339}He saw it at once. {116342}{116452}Our task was, to heave an|Amazon steamboat bit by bit... {116462}{116517}...across that thing there. {116522}{116588}Do you see that red cliff there? {116590}{116626}Yes, I see it, {116639}{116685}That must be it! {116694}{116830}Good, We can't go much further,|or we'll run into a sandbank, {116857}{116918}That slope may look insignificant... {116921}{116974}...but it's going to be my destiny, {117005}{117218}Strangely enough, he later became|the strongest negative force... {117234}{117325}...which worked to break up the|project or at least change it. {117354}{117457}When the river was swollen|and I was sitting in my hut... {117467}{117570}...gazing at the river, which kept|rising and rising, all day long. {117588}{117723}Suddenly there was a delegation,|which had been sent by Kinski. {117730}{117793}They arrived with tea and said: {117803}{117953}"Let's be calm now. Let's think|about what we can do now." {117960}{118055}I said: "What do you mean? I am|the only one who is calm here." {118070}{118210}Kinski wanted to protect me|from my own madness. {118239}{118382}It was clear that Kinski, the strongest|force, had now also abandoned me. {118386}{118630}Everyone had left me and the|loneliness for weeks was difficult. {118642}{118762}There was nobody on my side, any|longer, who believed in the film. {118773}{118872}Nobody. Not a single one. {118893}{119096}Only when the boat started to|move, which was an incredible... {119102}{119278}...mechanical, kinetic effort, Kinski|saw a chance to put enthusiasm... {119294}{119383}...and energy into the story. {119494}{119565}Although I felt a certain|disappointment... {119569}{119669}...that he didn't fully participate until|this point, I held on to one thing. {119674}{119792}With all the films we did together:|the only thing that counted was... {119801}{119904}...what you would see|on the screen. {120184}{120231}Pull harder! {120366}{120425}I can't believe it...it works, {120437}{120544}- It is moving, It is moving!|- It is moving! {120826}{120857}Watch out! {123825}{123898}For a really big boat my|money won't be enough, {123910}{123968}You'll make it, {127137}{127205}This here, I remember very well... {127212}{127329}...a photo you took which served|as a model for a painting. {127334}{127467}This was the moment when he|saw the painting for the first time. {127477}{127569}You can see how we had|relaxed moments with one another. {127581}{127656}But his mood changed|completely here. {127666}{127757}Suddenly something in the|picture didn't suit him anymore... {127766}{127839}...and he exploded and|started screaming like a berserk. {127847}{127890}Yes, that happened from|one second to the next. {127895}{128005}He had this capacity for becoming|a totally different person. {128018}{128160}This polarity that manifested|itself again and again. {128223}{128301}This became our poster. {128307}{128414}Nobody believed, at first, that we|heaved the boat across the mountain. {128418}{128513}You have furnished the proof|and the movie does it as well. {128518}{128641}Yes, here's the evidence in|black and white, and on paper. {128645}{128746}It is a great metaphor -|for what, I don't know to this day... {128755}{128821}...but I know it's a great metaphor. {128836}{128900}Here, 'Cobra Verde', the end. {128915}{129025}This is where you show Kinski|how to walk in this scene. {129040}{129118}In front of this crippled man, yes. {129134}{129288}He had polio as a child and|you cast him in the film. {129316}{129418}You used to act things out|for Klaus, beautifully. {129421}{129560}We often changed parts. I could|have played this role as well. {129567}{129631}You would have also been|a good Fitzcarraldo. {129633}{129709}That's what you are, in reality. {129714}{129757}I truly like this very much. It|happened because... {129759}{129864}...he must have sensed the|presence of your camera. {129874}{129963}He also just wanted to|let you have it, didn't he? {130072}{130317}There you are, directing the army|of 800 women, Amazon warriors. {130323}{130450}Yes, like a shepherd dog, as usual|without megaphone or loudspeaker. {130458}{130502}Always running. {130514}{130585}Kinski was very physical|too, but differently. {130594}{130681}He drew everyone and l|held them together. {130697}{130842}That's what you do and you|have done it with bravado. {130847}{130938}We complemented each other well,|because I kept the herd together... {130943}{130998}...and he attracted it magnetically. {131008}{131101}You can see it in this picture here. {131141}{131264}This is him as the leader of the|rebellion against the King... {131272}{131387}...with this incredible, crazed|energy he possessed. {131438}{131501}They have taken the sacred|python from the temple, {131503}{131575}We must turn back,|Nobody gets past it alive! {131578}{131647}Nonsense, In my country,|I was a snake myself, {131650}{131678}Out of my way! {132326}{132417}Seize him! {132434}{132518}Stay back, His wives|will strangle him, now, {132705}{132808}This scene, where slave trader|Cobra Verde tries to flee and dies... {132813}{132929}...was the last day of shooting|that we had together. {132947}{133015}Kinski was completely|beyond control. {133024}{133144}He already identified himself with the|role in his own project, 'Paganini'... {133152}{133252}...and brought with him into my|film an unpleasant climate... {133255}{133351}...something offensive that|was alien to me. {133383}{133506}Kinski had insisted for years that|I should direct 'Paganini'... {133517}{133640}...but I always declined because l|considered his script unfilmable. {133647}{133743}He finally made the film alone. {133756}{133851}I didn't want to continue|our collaboration. {133857}{133916}We parted ways. {133924}{134073}In 1991 he died in his home,|north of San Francisco. {134078}{134194}He had spent himself. It was as|if he had burnt himself out. {134334}{134409}He had put so much intensity|into this scene... {134414}{134562}...that from this alone|he had emptied himself out. {134566}{134657}This should have been filmed|at the start of shooting. {134671}{134820}In any case, he had spent himself.|He burned away like a comet. {134827}{134915}Afterwards he was ashes. {134937}{135037}This is what I sensed, and he|himself said something similar. {135044}{135098}He said: "We can go no further. {135105}{135173}I am no more." {137540}{137624}Sometimes I want to put|my arm around him again... {137630}{137778}...but I guess I only dream of this|because I've seen it in old footage. {137799}{137872}We are friends,|we joke with one another... {137875}{137940}...as if it had always been that way. {138371}{138429}And yet we belonged together. {138433}{138509}We were ready to|go down together. {138531}{138622}I see us back in the|jungle, together in a boat. {138628}{138681}The whole world belongs to us. {138686}{138792}But Klaus seems|to want to fly away. {138795}{138953}Shouldn't I have noticed, that it was|his soul that wanted to flutter away? {139017}{139124}Then I see him with a|butterfly, softly, delicately. {139140}{139200}The little creature doesn't want|to leave him, and is so unafraid... {139208}{139343}...sometimes it seems to me that|Klaus himself turns into a butterfly. {139354}{139464}Everything that|weighed on us is gone. {139489}{139557}And even though my|mind revolts against it... {139564}{139622}...something deep|inside tells me... {139629}{139721}...this is the way I'd like to keep|him in my memory. {141038}{141158}Subtitles ripped, spell corrected and Anglicised|by gilden_man@yahoo.com