Word: germane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film in which the actors were hypnotized, another in which all the actors were dwarfs, and a third in which the leading character, an old woman, was both deaf and blind. His best work, Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), might serve as a metaphor for the whole German school. Aguirre, a Spanish conquistador played by Klaus Kinski, revolts against the crown and attempts to build a new empire in the jungles of Peru. The film, a kaleidoscope of the fabulous and the bizarre, would be noteworthy even if it stopped after the first riveting scene: 50 or so Spaniards...
...Kreuzer, one of the leads of The American Friend. There he has surrounded himself with Americana-a jukebox, gadgets of all kinds and, bizarre as it may seem for a Münchner, a collection of Coors beer cans. Kluge, a practicing lawyer, is an intellectual from an older German tradition, and ideas cascade from his mouth, almost drowning those who are not used to swimming in such icy waters. He abjures possessions and sleeps only an hour or so at a time, waking constantly to continue his work. Only Schlöndorff and Von Trotta, who live...
...permanent move to America is unlikely, however. Wenders says he plans to return when Hammett is finished, and Herzog, that most rug ged of rugged individualists, will make German films wherever he is. Fassbinder, much as he longs to live in Manhattan, cannot escape the destiny that has made him not only German, but a distinct kind of German, the Bavarian. "The new German directors are like airplanes always circling the airport but never landing," says the philosophical Kluge...
Those who love their movies can only wish him and his comrades an easy landing and a safe passage home. It is, as Herzog says, "difficult to be German and to have our historical background." Perhaps. But out of that background have come some of the most exciting films of the decade. - Gerald Clarke
Considering the behavior of currency markets since December, last week had to be counted as one of the dollar's best. After hitting new lows with monotonous regularity, the greenback suddenly rose against the superstrong West German and Swiss currencies, reaching 2.05 deutsche marks and 2.0 Swiss francs, v. lows of 1.98 and 1.75 two weeks ago. The rise accelerated at week's end after President Carter announced that U.S. and German officials have been conferring by telephone about concrete new plans for strengthening the dollar; Carter himself chatted with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt for 15 minutes...