Go Back   Sonic Youth Gossip > Non-Sonics
Reload this Page German films
Register FAQ Members List Mark Forums Read

 
Thread Tools
Old 05.31.2006, 06:55 PM   #1
Hip Priest
invito al cielo
 
Hip Priest's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Birkenhead
Posts: 9,397
Hip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's asses
I just saw luxinterior mention German films somewhere, so this thread is inspired by that.

My 3 top German films:

Big Girls Don't Cry (Große Mädchen Weinen Nicht)
What to do In Case of Fire (Was Tun, Benn's Brennt)
The Golem (Der Golem)

Anyone else?
__________________

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
Hip Priest is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 06:59 PM   #2
Savage Clone
invito al cielo
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 11,289
Savage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's assesSavage Clone kicks all y'all's asses
The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari
Savage Clone is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 06:59 PM   #3
!@#$%!
invito al cielo
 
!@#$%!'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: mars attacks
Posts: 42,546
!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses!@#$%! kicks all y'all's asses
bastard! you stard this thread when i'm leaving!

i'm a huge fassbinder fan.

also werner herzog & wim wenders are great.

and of course the unsurpassable fritz lang.

and f.w. murnau

and... god damn, did i say i had to go? i have to go. later...
!@#$%! is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 07:01 PM   #4
Hip Priest
invito al cielo
 
Hip Priest's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Birkenhead
Posts: 9,397
Hip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's asses
Good choices, !"£$%! - it's strange that in many cases I like more 'alternative' films, but German cinema does more traditional things very well indeed I think, but with some sort of twist.
__________________

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
Hip Priest is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 07:05 PM   #5
Hip Priest
invito al cielo
 
Hip Priest's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Birkenhead
Posts: 9,397
Hip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's assesHip Priest kicks all y'all's asses
A Hip Priest German Film Choice Redux, with piccies:

 


 


 
__________________

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
Hip Priest is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 07:21 PM   #6
luxinterior
invito al cielo
 
luxinterior's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave
Posts: 2,351
luxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hip Priest
Good choices, !"£$%! - it's strange that in many cases I like more 'alternative' films, but German cinema does more traditional things very well indeed I think, but with some sort of twist.

I don't know what it is about German films that really register with me more than any other foreign-language films. It should make perfect sense, considering I live in a town founded by and made up mostly of people of German descent, myself included. Whether we know it or not, we still follow a lot of German customs. It was for those reasons that I took German rather than Spanish in high school, and finally figured out what Mark Twain had been griping about all along. It really is a terrible language for verbs.
__________________
 
"I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means."
- Sebastian Bach

luxinterior is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 07:28 PM   #7
LifeDistortion
expwy. to yr skull
 
LifeDistortion's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CA
Posts: 2,457
LifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's assesLifeDistortion kicks all y'all's asses
"The Warrior and the Princess" and "Run Lola Run" are sweet.
LifeDistortion is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 07:52 PM   #8
johnnywinternoshow
the end of the ugly
 
johnnywinternoshow's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belfast
Posts: 1,006
johnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by LifeDistortion
"The Warrior and the Princess" and "Run Lola Run" are sweet.

beat me to the run lola run recommendation
johnnywinternoshow is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 08:18 PM   #9
johnnywinternoshow
the end of the ugly
 
johnnywinternoshow's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belfast
Posts: 1,006
johnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's assesjohnnywinternoshow kicks all y'all's asses
http://tracker.zaerc.com/torrents-details.php?id=6551
what a title!
johnnywinternoshow is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 11:25 PM   #10
luxinterior
invito al cielo
 
luxinterior's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave
Posts: 2,351
luxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's assesluxinterior kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by !@#$%!
also werner herzog

Did you see the film he did about himself and Klaus Kinski called My Best Friend? It sounds very interesting and is in my Netflix queue, I just want to know if I should move it to the top spot if it is in fact as great as it sounds.

The last time I went to Borders, it looked like there was some sort of Herzog/Kinski box set assembled, as well as a set of Herzog's non-Kinski films. They were both out of my price range, unfortunately.
__________________
 
"I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means."
- Sebastian Bach

luxinterior is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 05.31.2006, 11:54 PM   #11
SpectralJulianIsNotDead
invito al cielo
 
SpectralJulianIsNotDead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,409
SpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's asses
What To Do in Case of Fire is a fun movie. I like The Experiment and Goodbye Lenin! better. Run Lola Run is good too.

German movies really intrigue me because they deal with much different issues than American movies generally do. There are not too many US movies about the loss of idealism.

What To Do In Case of Fire is a much, much better movie th an SLC Punk and Anarchist's Cookbook, and it deals with the same issues.
SpectralJulianIsNotDead is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 02:27 AM   #12
Iain
invito al cielo
 
Iain's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,544
Iain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's assesIain kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by luxinterior
Did you see the film he did about himself and Klaus Kinski called My Best Friend? It sounds very interesting and is in my Netflix queue, I just want to know if I should move it to the top spot if it is in fact as great as it sounds.

The last time I went to Borders, it looked like there was some sort of Herzog/Kinski box set assembled, as well as a set of Herzog's non-Kinski films. They were both out of my price range, unfortunately.

Wener Herzog is a complete mental genius. My Best Fiend (not a typo, it makes sense when you see it) is fantastic. Bump it straight to the top of your list.

Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre: Wrath of God are essential Herzog films. Everyone should see those.

I just got the non-Kinski Herzog boxset the other day (alas the UK box doesn't have Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Lessons of Darkness but was cheap). Looking forward to another clutch of Kinski in the near future.
Iain is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 02:42 AM   #13
Tokolosh
invito al cielo
 
Tokolosh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Plaza de Toros
Posts: 6,731
Tokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's asses
Here's a few of my favorites:

Lola rennt (1998) english Run Lola run

Good bye Lenin (2003)

All of Jorg Buttgereit's cult horror films:
Killer condom; The rubber that runs you out
Schramm
Nekromantik 1 & 2
The death king (a masterpiece!)
Corpse F*****g art
__________________
Anything you can /imagine is real
Tokolosh is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 02:46 AM   #14
khchris
little trouble girl
 
khchris's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 72
khchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud ofkhchris has much to be proud of
The best German cinema, in my opinion, are those excellent Nazi propaganda films.
khchris is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 02:52 AM   #15
Tokolosh
invito al cielo
 
Tokolosh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Plaza de Toros
Posts: 6,731
Tokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's assesTokolosh kicks all y'all's asses
Lenny Riefenstahl did amazing stuff, but some say she was a collabarator with the nazis.
__________________
Anything you can /imagine is real
Tokolosh is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 03:22 AM   #16
A Thousand Threads
expwy. to yr skull
 
A Thousand Threads's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,000
A Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's asses
some of my favs:

Mephisto
Goodbye Lennin
The Experiment
Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei
Lola Rennt (Run Lola run)
Elementarteilchen (Elementary Particles)
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) - Günther Grass
A Thousand Threads is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 03:36 AM   #17
A Thousand Threads
expwy. to yr skull
 
A Thousand Threads's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,000
A Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's assesA Thousand Threads kicks all y'all's asses
 

very,very good movie
highly recommendet

Klaus Maria Brandenaur is an amzing actor
 
A Thousand Threads is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 03:44 AM   #18
candymoan
the end of the ugly
 
candymoan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: istanbul
Posts: 855
candymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's assescandymoan kicks all y'all's asses
leni riefenstahl has used the camera in such ways, even contemporary popular culture feels the influence..

if anyone's interested, they can download some clips from here..
http://www.riefenstahl.org/downloads...efenstahl.html

and before any PC liberals start shouting, here's what susan sontag has to say abour leni riefenstahl's imagery..
http://www.anti-rev.org/textes/Sontag74a/index.html


.
__________________



*/**
nothing here...

candymoan is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 03:48 AM   #19
pao-lino
bad moon rising
 
pao-lino's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 200
pao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's asses
...strange noone mentioned
der himmel uber berlin!

...and I love (I've only seen 8 episodes, though)
Edgar reitz's Heimat... a wonderfully boring soap-opera
pao-lino is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.01.2006, 03:51 AM   #20
pao-lino
bad moon rising
 
pao-lino's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 200
pao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's assespao-lino kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tokolosh
Lenny Riefenstahl did amazing stuff, but some say she was a collabarator with the nazis.

olympia is a masterpiece.
but in those years (before the war) in germany only few people knew what was going on and what nazism was actually about.

few months ago I've see the movie leni riefenstahl did few years ago (at 90+yrs old?!?) underwater... wow.
pao-lino is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|


Thread Tools

All content ©2006 Sonic Youth