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08-02-2005, 10:40 AM
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MORE DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #241 - The Films Of VOLKER SCHLONDORFF
Rate 'em, Rank 'em, Review 'em, whatever
Volume #241 - Volker Schlondorff
The Ninth Day (2004)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002) (segment "The Enlightenment")
Legend of Rita (2000)
Palmetto (1998)
The Ogre (1996)
The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)
"Billy Wilder, wie haben Sie's gemacht?" (1992) TV Series
... aka Billy How Did You Do It?
Voyager (1991)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
A Gathering of Old Men (1987) (TV)
... aka Murder on the Bayou
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV)
A Love of Swann (1984)
War and Peace (1982)
Circle of Deceit (1981)
... aka False Witness
The Candidate (1980)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel (1977)
... aka Kaleidoskop Valeska Gert
Coup de grâce (1976)
"Nouvelles de Henry James" (1976) (mini) TV Series (segment "Raisons de Georgina, Les")
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
Übernachtung in Tirol (1974) (TV)
Summer Lightning (1972) (TV)
... aka A Free Woman
Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Baal(1971) (TV)
Man on Horseback (1969)
Degree of Murder (1967)
Young Torless (1966)
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 10:59 AM
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Unlike most of his more inexperienced contemporaries, Volker Schlondorff received formal film training in Paris and served as an assistant director to Alain Resnais, Louis Malle, and Jean-Pierre Melville before returning to Germany to become a leading figure of the New German Cinema. This culminated in his direction of one of the NGC's most successful films, The Tin Drum, which won both the Palme D'Or at Cannes and the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Since that success Schlondorff has continued to make films in Germany, produce documentaries, helm international co-productions, and made a few films in America.
1. The Tin Drum - A (One of the greatest of war films, The Tin Drum describes the weaknesses and petty hatreds that distract people and allow evil to prevail)
2. Young Torless - B+ (In Schlondorff's first film, he uses a school setting as an allegory for the atmosphere and behavior that allowed the Nazis to rise to power.)
3. Death of a Salesman - B+ (with Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich)
4. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum - B+ (An attack on the ways the media exploits tragedy for profit, very good, if less well-observed and biting than Fassbinder's Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven)
5. Coup de Grace - C- (A countess falls in love with an army officer during a confused post-war period. Other than Margarethe Von Trotta's performance I found this boring and a chore to get through.)
Own: 1
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 12:06 PM
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NHONS, though I'm intrigued by "Billy Wilder, wie haben Sie's gemacht?"
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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08-02-2005, 12:31 PM
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Well he has 4 Criterion DVD's so you should get to him eventually George. 
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 05:19 PM
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Ulzhan (2007) 
Strike (2006)
The Ninth Day (2004)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002) (segment "The Enlightenment")
Legend of Rita (2000)
Palmetto (1998)
The Ogre (1996)
The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)
Voyager (1991)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
A Gathering of Old Men (1987) (TV)
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV)
Swann in Love (1984)
War and Peace (1982)
Circle of Deceit (1981)
The Candidate (1980)
The Tin Drum (1979) (Own both DVDs)
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Kaleidoskop Valeska Gert (1977)
Coup de grâce (1976)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) (Own the DVD, haven't watched it yet)
Übernachtung in Tirol (1974) (TV)
Summer Lightning (1972) (TV)
Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Baal (1971) (TV)
Man on Horseback (1969)
Degree of Murder (1967)
Young Torless (1966) (Own the DVD)
Seen 10
Own 3
Volker Schlondorff is the 19th director in this series that I've seen/met in person.
My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pulse (2006,Jim Sonzero) 2/5, In the Realm of the Senses (1976,Nagisa Oshima) 4/5, Sing a Song of Sex (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 2/5, The Passionate Friends (1949,David Lean) 3/5, Band of Ninja (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 1/5, Saw V (2008,David Hackl) 3/5, Quantum of Solace (2008,Marc Forster) 2/5, Role Models (2008,David Wain) 3/5, Dorm (2006,Songyos Sugmakanan) 3/5, Candy (2006,Neil Armfield) 3/5, Shutter (2004,Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom) 1/5, Skinwalkers (2006,Jim Isaac) 2/5, Out of Season (1998,Jeanette L. Buck) 2/5, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983,Nagisa Oshima) 5/5, The Catch (1961,Nagisa Oshima) 3/5
Last edited by Bill McA : 01-13-2008 at 10:15 PM.
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08-02-2005, 06:27 PM
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Seen 5
Own 0
The Ninth Day (2004)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002) (segment "The Enlightenment")
Legend of Rita (2000)
Palmetto (1998)
The Ogre (1996)
The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)
Voyager (1991)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
A Gathering of Old Men (1987) (TV)
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV)
A Love of Swann (1984)
War and Peace (1982)
Circle of Deceit (1981)
The Candidate (1980)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel (1977)
Coup de grâce (1976)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
Übernachtung in Tirol (1974) (TV)
Summer Lightning (1972) (TV)
Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Baal(1971) (TV)
Man on Horseback (1969)
Degree of Murder (1967)
Young Torless (1966)
The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, King Kong, La Femme Nikita, Planet Terror, Raging Bull, Ronin, The Third Man DVD: .................
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08-02-2005, 10:01 PM
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Coup de Grace
Young Torless
The Lost Honor of Katarina Blum
The Tin Drum (I HATE this movie -- I find it extremely unpleasant.)
Seen the above, in order of preference.
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08-03-2005, 05:28 AM
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Seen almost all films, even spoke to him at our university, my favourite New German Cinema director.
YOUNG TORLESS
Following a well known story by Robert Musil (Schlöndorff mostly uses famous literature as a model) the film is a very convincing portrait of a boarding school and a parable on the Ns system. It is very well photographed, has a demure atmosphere. One of the first films of the Young German Cinema together with Kluges ABSCHIED VON GESTERN and Schamonis ES.
DEGREE OF MURDER
Though it's all about a accidental killing of a ex-boyfriend by a woman and her attemt to get rid of the body, it's a very nouvelle vague like film with little attention to the story drive and more concenrned with the character interactions as the girl get to knows two men wh | |
