Please Kill Mr. Kinski is a short nine minute documentary/interview written, edited & directed by filmmaker David Schmoeller who also happens to be the interviewee as he talks about his not that great experience making the horror film Crawlspace (1986) in Italy & in particular the problems he had with the notoriously difficult Klaus Kinski.
Now, first of all I have to mention that I just saw Crawlspace the film under discussion here not more than a couple of hours ago & was intrigued by the sound of this so found it on a certain video sharing website & took a look at it.
It's clear that Klaus Kinski hated director's & was well know for getting rid of them (having them fired or making them quit) but Schmoeller relects that while he wanted to fire Kinski & the Italian producer wanted to kill him for the insurance money while the crew wanted him dead simply because he was a horrible man he was determined to stick it out & finish his film, which evidently he did as I just saw it.
Brisk, fairly amusing & with behind the scenes footage that seems to back Schmoeller up this is an excellent little documentary to watch after you have seen Crawlspace the film proper before, which I did. You wouldn't want to see it again & it's nice to see & hear Schmoeller give Kinski a lot of credit at the end & still have the graciousness to call him wonderful despite the problems Kinski caused for him. If someone is a complete tw*t to you in real life & in particular at work most people wouldn't give them the time of day ever again so it's nice the documentary ends on a positive.
The perfect companion piece to Crawlspace, why the hell didn't MGM stick it on their DVD as an extra? Good for what it is but that's all it is, a one time watch & nothing more & since Kinski is, well, dead he doesn't have the right of reply.
Now, first of all I have to mention that I just saw Crawlspace the film under discussion here not more than a couple of hours ago & was intrigued by the sound of this so found it on a certain video sharing website & took a look at it.
It's clear that Klaus Kinski hated director's & was well know for getting rid of them (having them fired or making them quit) but Schmoeller relects that while he wanted to fire Kinski & the Italian producer wanted to kill him for the insurance money while the crew wanted him dead simply because he was a horrible man he was determined to stick it out & finish his film, which evidently he did as I just saw it.
Brisk, fairly amusing & with behind the scenes footage that seems to back Schmoeller up this is an excellent little documentary to watch after you have seen Crawlspace the film proper before, which I did. You wouldn't want to see it again & it's nice to see & hear Schmoeller give Kinski a lot of credit at the end & still have the graciousness to call him wonderful despite the problems Kinski caused for him. If someone is a complete tw*t to you in real life & in particular at work most people wouldn't give them the time of day ever again so it's nice the documentary ends on a positive.
The perfect companion piece to Crawlspace, why the hell didn't MGM stick it on their DVD as an extra? Good for what it is but that's all it is, a one time watch & nothing more & since Kinski is, well, dead he doesn't have the right of reply.