Tag Archives: German cinema

three films in one (Film: Der Stand der Dinge – Wim Wenders, 1982)

Posted on February 28, 2019 by admin

The Wim Wenders retrospective at our local cinematheque ended with one of the most interesting films of the German director. ‘Der Stand der Dinge‘ (the English title is ‘The State of Things‘) is very representative for his career, including many … Continue reading →

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goodbye Mr. Hopper, goodbye Mr. Ganz (Film: The American Friend – Wim Wenders, 1977)

Posted on February 21, 2019 by admin

Both of them were formidable actors. Dennis Hopper left us in 2010. Bruno Ganz followed him a few days ago. Coincidentally, the retrospective of Wim Wenders‘ films at our local cinematheque featured the wonderful film ‘The American Friend‘, which brought … Continue reading →

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king of the road movies (Film: Kings of the Road – Wim Wenders, 1976)

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

The Wim Wenders retrospective at the local cinematheque provided us this week the opportunity to see the most famous film in the series of the ‘road movies’ made by the German director more than four decades ago. ‘Kings of the … Continue reading →

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the road seems to go nowhere (Film: Wrong Move / Falsche Bewegung – Wim Wenders, 1975)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by admin

Time does not always work in favor of movies. The second film I saw in Wim Wenders‘ retrospective at the local cinematheque was’ Wrong Move‘ (the original title in German is’ Falsche Bewegung’), which belongs to the cycle of three … Continue reading →

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Wenders on the footsteps of Ozu (Film: Tokyo-Ga – Wim Wenders, 1985)

Posted on January 10, 2019 by admin

I love Wim Wenders and most of his films that I have seen. I love and venerate the films of the Japanese master Yasujirô Ozu. ‘Tokyo-Ga‘, the documentary realized in 1985 by Wenders researching the echoes of the works of … Continue reading →

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the power of silence (Film: Das schweigende Klassenzimmer – Lars Kraume, 2018)

Posted on January 5, 2019 by admin

Those of us who lived part of our lives behind the Iron Curtain know that that wall never was fully hermetical. There were cracks – radio stations broadcasting from the West, relatives who lived abroad, sent letters and visited, books … Continue reading →

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the Holocaust from a different perspective (Film: Nowhere in Africa – Caroline Link, 2001)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by admin

How much the cinema industry, perception and tastes have changed in only 17 years. These thoughts were triggered by watching ‘Nowhere in Africa‘, a film which was awarded in 2001 the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. Although … Continue reading →

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rotten foundation (Film: Lola – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981)

Posted on September 14, 2018 by admin

An untimely death cut short in 1982, at the age of 37, the life and cinematographic career of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. We can only wonder at how much he succeeded to achieve in such a short time and we can … Continue reading →

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the universal refugees (Film: Transit – Christian Petzold, 2018)

Posted on September 13, 2018 by admin

Refugees stories. Running away from persecution, hiding from the dangers of deportation, waiting for the visas that can save lives, boarding the ship that navigates to the promised shore of salvation – here are themes that resonate deeply for me, … Continue reading →

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the thin line between us and monsters (Film: Wir Monster – Sebastian Ko, 2015)

Posted on August 8, 2018 by admin

What would you do or rather what would you not do to protect your kid if faced with the situation that she or he has done something very wrong? When do mistakes that everybody makes at the teen ages turn … Continue reading →

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