Shall We Kill Him For You? Werner Herzog and His Best Fiend, Klaus Kinski

German filmmaker Werner Herzog, who turns 71 today, directed actor Klaus Kinski in his two most acclaimed motion pictures - "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre, The Wrath of God." Kinski is regarded as one of the most temperamental - some would say insane - actors of the past 50 years. Here's a look at the strange relationship between the director and his l'enfant terrible.

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Benicio of the Bull

The guys who run the local video store must hate me. The other day I brought back "The Usual Suspects," its entrails crumpled, shredded and hanging from the cassette due to excessive play-pause-slow-motion-rewind-search action during scenes featuring the sexy, sultry and talented-as-all-getout Benicio Del Toro. It’s been said that I really know my way around a multi-function remote, but my fascination with his awesome Fred Fenster character really just drove me into freeze-frame frenzy. I hoped to placate said store owners by finally forking over $19.95 for my own copy that I could rough-house through my four-head VCR to my heart’s content.

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