Cobra Verde

In the Nineteenth Century, in Bahia, the bandit Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski) is feared and respected by the locals. He is hired by the lord Octavio Coutinho (José Lewgoy) to work as henchman in one of... Full review

Klaus Kinski commanding an army of topless women? Of course this was gonna be gold! "Cobra Verde" was the last of the five collaborations between the legendary director Werner Herzog and the infamous madman actor Kinski. Its doesn't reach the... Full review

Director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinsky did many films together. They were all spectacular because of Herzogs direction and they all had an intensely insane looking leading man because of Kinskys solid performances. Cobra Verde was their last collaboration... Full review

'Cobra Verde' is at times a confusing and awkward story about a bandit who finds himself trapped within the slave trade business. What begins as a story of a feared outlaw turns out to be a story examining African cultures... Full review

Some have called this film flawed (even the director himself), but a flawed film by Herzog is better than most anything you will ever see. The sheer beauty and passion that makes up Herzog's body of work comes shining through... Full review

In principle, I would feel tempted to give it only a six. Except that then there are "buts"... But there is Werner Herzog. But there is the sociopathically brilliant Klaus Kinski. But there is that unforgettable final scene. But there... Full review

From famous German director Werner Herzog - a man who's cinematic penchants usually include documentary-style visuals (stark but not shaky!), stories centering on man's loss of sanity, destructive ambition (or lack thereof) and outsiders, and larger than life characters -... Full review

This movie is very absorbing: the cinematography is excellent, and the movie is full of eye-popping scenery and images, as well as intense exchanges of dialogue. One just doesn't find this combination at the movies very often.Parts of the movie... Full review

Herzog's films are not for everyone, but everyone should be in awe of what went into these films. Gone are the days when a director could come into a project with a few hundred grand, shoot on location with a... Full review

'Cobra Verde' is a really great movie!!I was surprised because i never hear this film praised by critics.I've been an avid Herzog fan for years and even after all these years his films still have the power to shock me.... Full review

Cobra Verde" is not rated but would probably receive an R for strong scenes of violence and other violent imagery (gunplay and violence against women), a scene of torture (a whipping), native nudity (male and female), scattered profanity, suggestive language and racial epithets and brief sexual contact. ... Full Review

This fifth and final movie collaboration between Kinski and Herzog is based on a real-life figure - Francisco Manoel da Silva, better known as Cobra Verde. Obviously, this is not the most appealing or sympathetic character, yet watching his gradual destruction is fascinating, thanks to Kinski's unpredictable, live-wire performance. ... Full Review

Despite an inscrutable impressionism that at times borders on chaos, "Cobra Verde" fittingly brings down the curtain on one of the greatest, and certainly one of the weirdest actor-director relationships in movie history. Mr. Herzog and Kinski deserve to take a bow for making "Cobra Verde" so frequently grimly enchanting. ... Full Review

A complex film that deals with huge issues and ends on a somewhat opaque note, Cobra Verde has been derided as the least of the Herzog - Kinski collaborations. There are scenes of great intimacy as well: Early on Cobra Verde shares a meal with a young cripple by candle-light. ... Full Review

Synopsis: Filmed in Ghana, Brazil, and Colombia, COBRA VERDE is a visually astonishing 19th-century true-life tale about a Brazilian bandit known as Cobra Verde (played by the ever-intense Klaus Kinski) who... Filmed in Ghana, Brazil, and Colombia, COBRA VERDE is a visually astonishing 19th-century true-life tale about a Brazilian bandit known as Cobra Verde (played by the ever-intense Klaus Kinski) who is exiled to West Africa to rejuvenate the slave trade. ... Full Review

Get your iTunes account warmed up for Tuesday's release of "True Blood - Music From the HBO Original Series," a surprisingly great collection of songs from the jukebox at Merlotte's, the restaurant and bar where your local vampires like to... ... Full Article

There's a theory (ok, it's my theory, but let's pretend universality) that Cobra Verde and Yo La Tengo are flip sides of the same band. ... Full Article

Tuesday, August 19th 2003 Cobra Verde go for a drama-school extravagance that singer John Petkovic 's voice is too deep-pitched and bare to achieve. But the staginess of his vocals is still effective. ... Full Article

COBRA VERDE SINGER-GUITARIST JOHN PETKOVIC HATES INDIE ROCK even more than you do, which is a bit surprising, considering that his first band, Death of Samantha, spent much of the '80s releasing albums on Gerard Cosloy 's influential alterna-label Homestead. ... Full Article

Cobra Verde is rock and roll. We're talking pyrotechnics, feather boas, and ridiculous backstage parties here. Lead singer John Petkovic has this sort of David Bowie thing going for him and for some reason it really works. ... Full Article

With two new DVD releases, Anchor Bay completes an extraordinary unofficial trilogy, three unique films directed by the German wunderkind Werner Herzog. Each stars the strange but compelling German actor Klaus Kinski, and each takes on monumental themes: man versus... ... Full Article