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Paganini (Heyne allgemeine Reihe)
German
330 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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March 21, 2020
I read the book after I saw the movie. Kinski is a highly controversial actor, who was known for his massive aggressive outbreaks, his ruthless behaviors on set and in real life.
Basically, I was interested in him as a person, not just as an actor. He created his OWN film "Paganini" from scratch after he fell in love with the persona "Paganini", a wild and mad violinist who was the center of many stories and romantic myths. Basically, this book is the 3rd and last part of his autobiography series. It is not really chronologically (or logically at all), he just WRITES from the depth of his heart. I read the GERMAN version, his native language, and must say - I was hooked from the first page and basically read this whole book in 4 days. He takes us onto his journey of the highly creative process of manufacturing a vision - and fighting all odds in the meantime. He has an intensive power, sexually and mentally and you can feel it bleeding from every page. The sequences where he describes women and erotica in general are, for me, highly erotic, because it speaks of so much suppressed needs for self-expression, love and freedom.
I saw his movie first and was hooked by its beauty, poetry and depiction of a deeper reality within this story. I was surprised that he was ABLE to do this and basically the film was the first step to understand his soul, his personality on an emotional level. The book is more of an 'explanation' of what you saw on screen and fills in the holes from the movie narrative.
To me, this book was highly engaging and a hidden gem. Not because it is a "good" book! It breaks all the rules of writing, because he does not know any (just like his film), but it speaks truly of his heart and soul without ANY filter. The power and energy of his creativity spills from every page and gave me back my own energy to go out there and create... bring my own vision to life no matter what stands in the way.
This book is not for everyone and I highly recommend some research beforehand about the actor. If you do not like the actor or the creative, visual voice portrayed in the film, you most likely won't find any joy in this massive emotional speeches and rants in this book. You must be fascinated by Kinski as a person to appreciate this deeply, I guess.
Basically, I was interested in him as a person, not just as an actor. He created his OWN film "Paganini" from scratch after he fell in love with the persona "Paganini", a wild and mad violinist who was the center of many stories and romantic myths. Basically, this book is the 3rd and last part of his autobiography series. It is not really chronologically (or logically at all), he just WRITES from the depth of his heart. I read the GERMAN version, his native language, and must say - I was hooked from the first page and basically read this whole book in 4 days. He takes us onto his journey of the highly creative process of manufacturing a vision - and fighting all odds in the meantime. He has an intensive power, sexually and mentally and you can feel it bleeding from every page. The sequences where he describes women and erotica in general are, for me, highly erotic, because it speaks of so much suppressed needs for self-expression, love and freedom.
I saw his movie first and was hooked by its beauty, poetry and depiction of a deeper reality within this story. I was surprised that he was ABLE to do this and basically the film was the first step to understand his soul, his personality on an emotional level. The book is more of an 'explanation' of what you saw on screen and fills in the holes from the movie narrative.
To me, this book was highly engaging and a hidden gem. Not because it is a "good" book! It breaks all the rules of writing, because he does not know any (just like his film), but it speaks truly of his heart and soul without ANY filter. The power and energy of his creativity spills from every page and gave me back my own energy to go out there and create... bring my own vision to life no matter what stands in the way.
This book is not for everyone and I highly recommend some research beforehand about the actor. If you do not like the actor or the creative, visual voice portrayed in the film, you most likely won't find any joy in this massive emotional speeches and rants in this book. You must be fascinated by Kinski as a person to appreciate this deeply, I guess.
March 5, 2021
Đọc tiẻu sử Paganini từ hồi mới học violin. Đúng lắm tài nhiều tật. Anw nhạc ông này mình không nghe được lắm :(
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