With more than 130 films and a career spanning four decades, Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) was one of the most controversial actors of his generation. Known for his wild tantrums on set and his legendary collaborations with auteur Werner Herzog--Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)--Kinski's intense performances made him the darling of European arthouse and exploitation/horror cinema. A genius in front of the camera, he was capable of lighting up the most risible films. Yet behind his public persona lurked a depraved man who took his art to the darkest extremes.

This first ever collection of essays focusing on Kinski examines his work in exploitation and art house films and spaghetti westerns, along with his performances in such cult classics as Doctor Zhivago (1965), Crawlspace (1986), Venus in Furs (1965), The Great Silence (1968), Android (1982) and his only directorial credit, Paganini (1989). More than 50 reviews of Kinski's films are included, along with exclusive interviews with filmmakers and actors who worked with him.

About the Author
Matthew Edwards is a primary school teacher and freelance writer from Cirencester, England. He is the author or editor of numerous books on world cinema.

Reviews
"immensely readable, densely informative and insightful, and at times riotously entertaining"-Video Watch Dog; "Matthew Edwards has written and compiled an excellent book. It is a thorough analysis of Klaus Kinski...it covers every aspect of film over the last fifty years. Any serious student of film is bound to learn something here."-Killer Reviews; "pour yourself two fingers of your hard liquor of choice and peruse the reviews, heavy on spaghetti Westerns, sexploitation, spy adventures and scare fare-unsurprisingly the reason I'll return to this text in years to come"-Bookgasm.



Book Information
ISBN 9780786498970
Author Matthew Edwards
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 558g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 16mm