My Best Fiend

1999 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 12,599 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 950 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:06 First...
00:04:07 It was a chain of coincidences.
00:06:50 There was only room for a bed and a small night table.
00:09:43 ...and so knew what to expect, if I was to work with him.
00:12:50 ...and arrived here at our location as a derided, misunderstood Jesus.
00:16:48 You could only see as far as 100 ft.
00:20:56 It seemed to me like a metaphor for our turbulent relationship.
00:24:34 22nd of February. We are suffering terrible hardship.
00:28:44 ...when he wanted to walk out before the end of shooting.
00:33:04 Paul, good luck to you.
00:36:37 He said: "No, I'm leaving now".
00:40:29 ...almost like an obsessive compulsion.
00:44:11 There was a strong intuition. He was a terribly intuitive actor.
00:47:26 Did he stand there? Like this? Like this?
00:50:44 That did him a lot of good. He was very loving with me then.
00:53:51 You are so stupid that you are not aware of the consequences...
00:58:11 There were confusing reports on the radio, completely garbled...
01:03:51 I often provoked him, making a remark so that he would explode.
01:09:48 Nosferatu -Phantom of the night
01:14:05 If you were the camera, he would position himself right next to it...
01:20:25 ...because I'm much better than you.
01:28:16 ...a photo you took which served as a model for a painting.
01:31:21 Out of my way!
01:38:58 I am not the official church Jesus!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed950
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line01:38:58

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
Revenue$95,612
IMDb votes12,599