Word: berserk
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...another way, the guy was nuts, and Herzog had to be a bit eccentric to keep casting him; the five films they made together turned their friendship into a holy war. Yet the combustion produced amazing adventures: Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in which Kinski goes berserk in the Peruvian rain forest, and Nosferatu the Vampire, with the actor as a pathetic, rodentoid Dracula. This documentary, a gallivanting time trip through a bolder film era, is Herzog's final collaboration with Kinski: an act of love and exorcism...
Then comes the highlight of the evening--and Robert's best chance to scare his son straight. An officer in a yellow inmate outfit and red helmet and pads begins shouting in cell 3C06, as if he's a convict gone berserk. On cue, four officers in riot gear march to the door of the cell and shout, "Ready and stop!", before one unleashes a burst of pepper spray. Then they rush in, pinning the prisoner to the wall, handcuffing and evacuating...
...analysis of "Balaam and the Ass" (1626), for example, Schama notes how Balaam's eyes differ from previous depictions in other portraits. In the story from the book of Numbers, Balaam's donkey sees an angel and goes berserk. Previous painters, following the Dutch master van Mander's advice, had illuminated Balaam's eyes with shock, but Rembrandt is far more restrained...