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08-02-2005, 09:40 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)
I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that. - George Bailey
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
Dial M for Murder - B+ / I Confess - A-
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - C+ / Brand Upon the Brain! - B+
Stage Fright - B / Rope - B+
Lifeboat - B / The Dark Knight - B+
Suspicion - B / The Deal - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 09:59 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
I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that. - George Bailey
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
Dial M for Murder - B+ / I Confess - A-
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - C+ / Brand Upon the Brain! - B+
Stage Fright - B / Rope - B+
Lifeboat - B / The Dark Knight - B+
Suspicion - B / The Deal - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 11:06 AM
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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, 11:31 AM
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Well he has 4 Criterion DVD's so you should get to him eventually George. 
I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that. - George Bailey
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
Dial M for Murder - B+ / I Confess - A-
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - C+ / Brand Upon the Brain! - B+
Stage Fright - B / Rope - B+
Lifeboat - B / The Dark Knight - B+
Suspicion - B / The Deal - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 04:19 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: Effi Briest (1974,Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 2/5, The Water Horse (2007,Jay Russell) 3/5, The Innocent (1976,Luchino Visconti) 4/5, Wild Hogs (2007,Walt Becker) 1/5, The Devil-Doll (1936,Tod Browning) 3/5, Woman in the Dunes (1964,Hiroshi Teshigahara) 5/5, Love in the Time of Cholera (2007,Mike Newell) 2/5, Across the Universe (2007,Julie Taymor) 3/5, The Last Wave (1977,Peter Weir) 4/5, 3 Women (1977,Robert Altman) 4/5, The Terror of the Tongs (1961,Anthony Bushell) 3/5, The Stranglers of Bombay (1960,Terence Fisher) 3/5, The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964,Don Sharp) 3/5, The Pirates of Blood River (1962,John Gilling) 3/5, Rogue (2007,Greg Mclean) 3/5
Last edited by Bill McA : 01-13-2008 at 09:15 PM.
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08-02-2005, 05:27 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: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Cool Hand Luke, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, Kill Bill 1 & 2, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Rodan/War of the Gargantuas, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4
Last edited by Jim_K : 06-17-2006 at 08:27 PM.
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08-02-2005, 09:01 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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