So... do they continue to treat the murdering rapist like he has some redeeming value?
Well, that's not really the point.
Berlin Alexnderplatz
is a high modernist novel, generally considered to be the
Ulysses
of German literature. Fassbinder was one of the three great directors of the 70s German cinema, along with Herzog and Wim Wenders. Fassbinder was very formalist, indebted to Douglas Sirk's melodramas, but in a very ironic way.
So. It's not a straightforward tale. It's a portrait of an entire city in high modernist style, compounded by a rather arch, ironic director.
It's a portrait of an entire city
so are we done with Franz after part 1 or will the camera continue to follow him around? The way he treats women is especially unpleasant for me at this point in my life.
so are we done with Franz after part 1 or will the camera continue to follow him around? The way he treats women is especially unpleasant for me at this point in my life.
I think he's the sick soul of Berlin, so he'll be around.
OK, thanks for the info. I'll shove that back to the bottom of the queue for future watching when it doesn't hit so close to home. I can't see that kind of behavior as anything but literal at the moment.
Can someone who liked
Mulholland Drive
sell it to me?
I didn't like it one bit.
I sat through it, but found it dull and uninvolving.
I went to see The Duchess. It wasn't that exciting. It was pretty and well acted but the writing was meh. It was every so slightly historically correct but there wasn't enough of her gambling and money problems--just her love life and marriage.
I only went to see it because I was by myself and I figured DH would probably go see Appaloosa with me later.
my guests are loving The Duchess but I don't think we get many historians.
It's really quite lovely. There's not a lot of exposition or explanation of who the characters are but it works as a drama. Like I said, well acted but not overly exciting.
Now I just need to find a babysitter so DH and I can go watch Viggo.
He wants to put off Madagascar 2 untiil next weekend. No idea why, other than he ranks going to the movies with preschoolers right up there with root canal and rectal surgery.
