"Er kommt zu frueh; aber er kommt auch zu spaet," urteilte die Theater- und Filmkritikerin Dora Fehling 1946 nach der ersten Aufführung von Charlie Chaplins The Great Dictator in Berlin. Zu früh für die noch immer deutlich spürbaren Auswirkungen der Indoktrination, für die noch zu frischen Erlebnisse und Lebensrealitäten des Dritten Reiches und seines Führerkults. Und zu spät, um die Wirkung des Schlussmonologs sich wirklich entfalten zu lassen; geradezu grotesk musste er wirken unter den Eindrücken und Geschehnissen der vergangenen…
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Nosferatu 1922
You know, I like to joke about German cinema having peaked in its early stages, in the 20s and early 30s – but to be honest, I am only half joking. Weimar Germany's cinema was daring, it was adventurous and bold. I'm not implying that these traits ceased to exist among German film makers afterwards – ambitious projects such as for example Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (1982) prove the opposite -, but in my opinion the former levels have never been…
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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization 1985
Somehow the perfect companion piece to On The Silver Globe.
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To Kill a Child 1953
"Because it's not true that time heals all wounds. Time doesn't heal a dead child's wounds. It certainly doesn't heal the pain of a mother who forgot to buy sugar and sent her child across the road to borrow some. It's just as bad at healing the anguish of a once happy man who killed her. Because someone who's killed a child doesn't go to the sea. Someone who's killed a child drives home slowly... in silence."
The calm and dry fatalism in the narrator's voice really is what makes this so incredibly devastating. It's almost 2am, why did I do this to myself.
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Potato Salad 3: The Musical 2020
Ein Film, der eigentlich keine Ansprüche an sich selbst stellt - und trotzdem an ihnen scheitert.
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