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All I Need Is Love

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Kinski writes a high-octane autobiography, where he rants about his passions, foibles, and portrays himself as the great truth-teller...but all to serve his ego. When someone claims to be truthful, in an egomanical way, you can be sure the truth is not all there. One example of his not being truthful. He says Werner Herzog started filming FITZCARALLDO with a "New York actor" and Mick Jagger. But after weeks of filming in the jungle with those two, Herzog scrapped the movie and started fresh with Kinski. The suggestion is that Herzog saw that the movie stank unless Kinski were in it. So he dumped the expensive footage to start over with Kinski. Well, the only reason Herzog replaced Jason Robards (the "New York actor") with Kinski was that Robards got sick during filming, and his doctor ordered him to quit the picture! And Mick Jagger had to start the "Tattoo You" Stones tour, and had to quit the picture when filming ran long. Kinski did a great job in "Fitzcaralldo", but it didn't all hinge on him. (This is all documented in the documentary about filming that movie, titled BURDEN OF DREAMS). Anyway, when I read in another review here that Nasstasja Kinski sued her father over this book, so that it had to be rereleased with the offending passages toned down under the title KINSKI: UNCUT, I naturally had to get this uncut version! The bits in here that might have been interpreted as incestous behavior between Nasstasja and Klaus are pretty oblique, so you can't really be sure that anything actually happened (For Nasstasja's sake, I hope nothing did). What is certain is that Klaus felt lust for her. He certainly had his way with a lot of underage girls. I just hope one of them wasn't his own daughter. Kinski, surprisingly, for an angry European artist, professes his hatred of limousine librals (He hated Sartre, for one), hates communism and socialism, and admires America. Usually his type hate America and love Marx. One piece of wisdom in here is his saying that people who do drugs stupidly confuse it as a symbol of freedom. And that he loved his son so much can only be applauded. But when he critcizes people, he reminds me of Tennesee Williams' line: "Cruel people excuse themselves as paragons of frankness."

This book may not be suitable for some people. It contains lots of so called dirty talk and strong language. but this is a part of life. especially klaus kinski's life. and so, since this is HIS book, it has to be like this. I envy this man. a man between genius and madness.

This book may not be suitable for some people. It contains lots of so called dirty talk and strong language. but this is a part of life. especially klaus kinski's life. and so, since this is HIS book, it has to be like this. I envy this man. a man between genius and madness.

If you've seen some of his films and are lucky enough to find this book, you'll thank your lucky stars!.....and remember that war is horrible.