Mon ennemi intime (1999) **

Directed by Werner Herzog. With Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale. Thanks to documentaries like Burden Of Dreams, we already know that German filmmaker Werner Herzog is certifiably mad. Now, in his newest film, Herzog reveals that his madness has never been a solitary affliction, but a disease he has always shared with his longtime friend, ennemi, collaborator and star, Klaus Kinski. This raw, unpleasant film shows these two larger-than-life geniuses - a performer and a showman - marching hand-in-hand towards an abyss of obsession and megalomania.