Currently enjoying the German capital city’s wonders and its odd mix of vibrant and gruesome – wunderschön! If you go there don’t miss the excellent Kinemathek. Bis bald!
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Herzog’s Into the Abyss questions the meaning of life and death through the lens of capital punishment
As Connecticut just became the 17th US State to ban death penalty (http://goo.gl/12gpk) and Norway is judging Anders Breivik for his atrocious mass-murder in Oslo last year, Werner Herzog’s “Into the Abyss: A Tale of Life, a Tale of Death” (2011) offers a timely and complex perspective on capital punishment. This is not your dogmatic, … Continue reading »
The Downfall of German producer Eischinger
The German film mogul behind productions as varied as the excellent Christiane F., The Name of the Rose, The Neverending Story, Perfume, The Baader Meinhof Complex, The Downfall, and the less glorious Fantastic Four and Resident Evil series has died at the age of 61 after a heart attack. Bernd Eischinger was described by Germany’s … Continue reading »
