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In Reply to: Any Fassbinder fans here? posted by Victor Khomenko on August 01, 2000 at 06:11:03:
I think Fassbinder is important as a film maker, if not entertaining. He was the first director to "frame" shots within the context of the scene using door frames, etc. And Fox is a fairly uncanny fortelling of how he actually died.For German cinema I prefer Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo is my favorite) and of course Wim Wenders.
It's funny, I'm catching my wife up on movies these days since she never really watched them growing up. Films like The Maltese Falcon and even Apocalypse Now have been refrenced and parodied so much that it's hard to appreciate the impact they first had on our culture.
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The one I probably like the most among the German directors is Volker Schlöndorff. I can identify with him qite nicely.Not his "Homo Faber" which I suspect was just an excuse to employ Julie Delpy, of course, but films like "The Tin Drum" and "Coup de Grace" are among the most serious movies ever.
I would even consider Swann in Love.
***For German cinema I prefer Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo is my favorite) and of course Wim Wenders.I would need to go deep into my memory to find out which German directors I really like besides Wenders. Fitzcaraldo was good, but I can't forgive Herxog for "Nosferatu the Vampyre", and his "Aguirra" was not too much to my taste either. It's been many years since I watched any of his movies, though.
And in general I would take the Italian, French, English, Australian, Polish, Russian, Swedish movies any day over the German ones - just my taste, of course.
***It's funny, I'm catching my wife up on movies these days since she never really watched them growing up. Films like The Maltese Falcon and even Apocalypse Now have been refrenced and parodied so much that it's hard to appreciate the impact they first had on our culture.
For every one like that there are hundreds that aren't. I don't recall Bicycle Thief being mentioned too much, for instance.
Good luck with that task.
Actually bicycle thief is mentioned a lot....even in mainstream sort of catalogues I think....(well, one man's mainstream may be another man's art or even vice versa But...)Never mind Bicycle Thief, ---- As regards other movies you name or mention here, I must say that you must have some of the best video libraries at your disposal. I doubt I could find even reviews of some of the movies you mention. Some people have all the luck. Or do you own a video store or something like that.
***Never mind Bicycle Thief, ---- As regards other movies you name or mention here, I must say that you must have some of the best video libraries at your disposal. I doubt I could find even reviews of some of the movies you mention. Some people have all the luck. Or do you own a video store or something like that.Well, when there is the will, there is the way. Many people don't even look at what is available.
Plus - I go to that store or TLA and most of what I see is people renting Matrix. That is why they offer such nice deal on the 'good' movies - almost no one takes them.
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