My Best Fiend
Documentary
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1999
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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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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
17 May 1999
Country:
DE, GB
Languages:
German, English, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$95,612
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
My Best Fiend is about two men who both wanted to be dominant, who both had all the answers, who were inseparably bound together in love and hate, and who created extraordinary work -- while all the time each resented the other's contribution.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
What's the difference between artistry and bravado? This isn't a question I generally feel inclined to ask, but I'm compelled by the work of Werner Herzog, who scrambles the two until it's difficult to tell which is which.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
While My Best Fiend -- does a splendid job of chronicling the high drama and creative pinnacles of their work together, it emphasizes the most public and bleakly amusing aspects of their story.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
With generous clips from Herzog and Kinski's collaborations, My Best Fiend is one of the great portraits of artists fighting, even with murderous rage, to reach the sublime.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000