know about that. Take Michael Haneke, arguably the most celebrated recent German director. His latest film, "Amour" is an emotional roller-coaster, a 3-hankie film. I know you'd disagree, but "The White Ribbon" also has quite a lot of "soul:" the loving relationship of the teacher w/the shy young woman (her parents are terrifically portrayed, too); the violent, though well-meaning, father.
And how does one lump together such directors:
Wenders
Schlondorff
Fassbinder
Herzog
Ophuls
Pabst
Edel
Wilder
von Sternberg
Lang
Petersen
Murnau
Staudte?
Something for everyone in that list.
"Run, Lola Run!"
"Downfall"
"The Baader-Meinhoff Complex"
And many, many other modern German films I found not one bit "cold."
Anyhow, to each his own...
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Topic - Victor: about German films--- and their "coldness." Really, I don't - tinear 17:12:43 08/31/14 (15)
- RE: Victor: about German films--- and their "coldness." Really, I don't - patrickU 05:34:16 09/03/14 (0)
- RE: Victor: about German films--- and their "coldness." Really, I don't - Victor Khomenko 07:35:00 09/01/14 (3)
- Do the purges of Stalin make you hate Russian culture? The 250-year American genocide - tinear 08:24:59 09/01/14 (2)
- Don't twist my words. I did not say "hate" - Victor Khomenko 09:03:23 09/01/14 (1)
- I take the long view. With the wrong system, men as a group are capable of - tinear 20:50:29 09/05/14 (0)
- Modern German movies really do like to turn the 'Bresson' dial to 11 - Doug Flynn 06:43:17 09/01/14 (9)
- Some of the most popular German films aren't laugh tests, I grant. - tinear 08:28:25 09/01/14 (0)
- Good one! :-) - Victor Khomenko 07:32:10 09/01/14 (7)
- Admit it, Tarr is darker than any German! - tinear 08:29:19 09/01/14 (6)
- Again... I did not say "dark" with respect to the German films - Victor Khomenko 09:04:24 09/01/14 (5)
- Okay, so take a moment and explain the difference between "cold" and "dark." In film. nt - tinear 10:20:57 09/02/14 (4)
- Cold is detached - Victor Khomenko 13:36:15 09/02/14 (3)
- Again with the Siberia, already! I am dying to see that film, but the wife's - tinear 07:54:37 09/03/14 (2)
- Just pay me the going Hollywood rate for translation! - Victor Khomenko 08:03:15 09/03/14 (1)
- I guess I could learn Russky? nt - tinear 20:49:42 09/05/14 (0)