7.5/10
Better synopsis than I could come up with:
"On November 20 1971, Klaus Kinski wanted “to tell mankind’s most exciting story – The story of Jesus Christ”. But he couldn’t. The stage performance of the scandal-ridden actor kept being interrupted by an audience that did not want a sermon, but a discussion instead.
Jesus Christ Saviour by Peter Geyer shows a tumultuous evening of back and forth insults, the struggle of an actor to have his say, a theatrical happening in a time critical of authority and the spectacular failure of an attempt to better the world through literary means. Making use of all available picture and sound clips from the evening, Geyer creates an intimate impression of the live experience, a testimony to an extraordinary moment and an exceptional artist."
More a historical document than a documentary, I can't imagine anyone not a Kinski diehard would find this very interesting (Kinski's ramblings are certainly boring at times) but I'm glad I saw it. It's quite amazing how instantly hostile the crowd is. I think Kinski leaves the stage in anger four times total. Watching him still struggle to recite his text at midnight on the auditorium floor to a hundred or so hangers-on looking completely drained is both amusing and sad. As far as I can tell, the recital remains unfinished in the film. I wonder if there's a copy of the full text available somewhere. This movie appears to be the first release from "Kinski Productions" so I wonder if there's more unearthed/unavailable Kinski coming to DVD in the near future (how about Kinski Paganini, as awful as it's said to be, for starters??).
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