The original trailer in high definition of stroszek directed by werner herzog and starring bruno s. The ending makes a little bit more sense if you know that director werner herzog has a crippling fear of chickens. Known to be quite a depressing film, it was the last movie watched by joy divisions frontman ian curtis subject of movie control before he committed suicide and has an ending that the crew were not happy with and director werner herzog persevered with. As stroszek, herzog is also squeezed between two countries, the one we came from, and our new home, between two styles of oppression. Stroszek 1977 ely rodriguez in stroszek 1977 werner herzog and bruno s. Actually, ordinary bank workers just doing their jobs. Aug 17, 2010 final scene from werner herzogs stroszek feat.
Werner herzogs stroszek 1977 w elcome to werner herzogs america. But far from being an redemptive second chance, the two face. Werner herzog premiered january 12, 1977 so your car is kaput. A melancholy picture, stroszek oscillates between hopeful and downtrodden. Werner herzog season stroszek 1977 the journey down our long and winding road with our strange companions continues, but before we get into herzogs first american feature you must read this, as great a snapshot illustration of the mans perspective on life, the primacy of your individual conduct and the elemental forces which shape all our mortal spans as you are likely to see. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Bruno s stars as an exmental patient who dreams of the socalled.
Then there is the haunting impact of the performance by. They comprised richey james roberto voice, synth, leslie wilcox guitar, synth, flute, programming, and douglas danielio bass, synth, violin. Bruno stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. An alcoholic is released from prison in berlin and immediately makes for the nearest bar, where he meets an abused prostitute who he takes pity on and agrees to help, prompting her pimps to show up and beat them up, destroying his accordion with which he scratches out his. One of these is herzogs 1977 road film stroszek, a title often regarded as one of the directors best. Putting together an accomplished actor eva mattes with a non actor the unforgettable bruno s. Brunos alcoholism is the source of many of his problems. Stroszek were a postpunknew waveelectronic band from aberdeen, scotland, latterly based in glasgow. The premise about a mentallyimpaired german excon, a prostitute and a diminutive, wizened octogenarian scientist who collectively move from berlin to rural wisconsin and take up in a hideous prefabricated trailer is unquestionably bizarre, but stroszek is also, in its own idiosyncratic way, a.
To be notified when stroszek becomes available on bluray, simply submit your email below. With nothing to lose, the new couple decide to emigrate to the united states with their neighbor scheitz clemens scheitz, whose american nephew lives in. Herzogs clever use of kitschy folk music is just one perfect element in this mesmerizing, seriocomic ballad of america, in which a trio of unlikely friends leave their dreary lives in berlin, certain that. Stroszek is a film that plays loose with narrative structure as a recently. Season 2 19671968 bringing up baby 1938 cranes are flying, the 1957. Edward lachman was born on march 31, 1948 in morristown, new jersey, usa. Stroszek 1977 is a comedy, drama movie starring bruno s. Werner herzogs bleak and absurdist comedy demystifying the american dream is widely considered one of his best films, yet whilst i can certainly admire it im not sure i share the near universal enthusiasm. He befriends eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves germany to live in wisconsin.
Jun 10, 2015 werner herzog season stroszek 1977 the journey down our long and winding road with our strange companions continues, but before we get into herzogs first american feature you must read this, as great a snapshot illustration of the mans perspective on life, the primacy of your individual conduct and the elemental forces which shape all our mortal spans as you are likely to see. Stroszek 1977 watch on shout factory tv, fandor, popcornflix. Oct 25, 2011 werner herzogs stroszek 1977 w elcome to werner herzogs america. It also features an intense, disconcerting performance from bruno schleinstein, the enigmatic actor who herzog worked with on two films in the 1970s and who then dropped off. It is impossible for the audience to anticipate a single shot or development. Stroszek is one of werner herzogs most accessible films, and one of his best. Stroszek pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released stroszek pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Herzog seems to have run for cover after heart of glass, a supposedly difficult film beneath whose seemingly impenetrable. Sep 09, 2010 to read a description of werner herzogs 1977 film stroszek, it sounds like one of the most depressing films ever made. Overview of stroszek, 1977, directed by werner herzog, with bruno schleinstein, eva mattes, clemens scheitz, at turner classic movies. Stroszek is brimming with the filmmakers iconoclastic style.
Herzogs stroszek from 1977 is a meditative cinematic triumph and remains a prominent film moment from the last century. The film analyses two types of sociopolitical power over people traditional direct and obvious victimizing the main characters in germany, and. If you want to start a mainstroszek page, just click the edit button above. Stroszek 1977 werner herzog synopsis, characteristics. Just released from a jail term of 2 1 2 years in berlin, bruno stroszek goes through all of the formalities of being released and is given back all of his personal belongings. Dont put in redirects for shows, books, etc use the right namespace for those. Claudio alcara, guitarist and founder of frostmoon eclipse, one of italys original and longest serving black metal bands, has, with stroszek, been able to successfully distance himself from the oldschool black metal for which he is better known, and use his considerable skills as a guitarist and. Stroszek 1977 by werner herzog by actingout politics. Stroszek follows the fortunes of a street performer as he leaves berlin for america. Stroszek is the acoustic project of claudio alcara, playing music in an acousticneofolk vein. Stroszek zweitausendeins edition deutscher film 21977. Even when he made stroszek 1978, herzogs work had reflected parallel interests in documentary and narrative fiction forms. One dvd rental at a time, please title type of film format a tornallom 2005 documentary dvd accordions rising 2015 documentary dvd across the universe 2007 drama dvd the act of continue reading dvd rentals.
Stroszek 1977 is one of the oddest films ever made. Stroszek 1977 while wim wenders saw wonder and promise in the american landscape, his fellow new german stalwart werner herzog was not so charitable. Whilst the films of these two new german heavyweights were by no. In berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave germany and seek a better life in wisconsin. It was written in four days specifically for bruno s. Stroszek is available to stream on shout factory tv, fandor, popcornflix and tubi. Stroszek is a 1977 german tragicomedy film directed by werner herzog and starring bruno s. Werner herzogs stroszek 1977 a surrealistically comic. Jul 10, 2016 one of these is herzogs 1977 road film stroszek, a title often regarded as one of the directors best. Your spartacus membership allows you to rent dvds at spartacus. Stroszek is a 1977 film by german director werner herzog. Werner herzog season stroszek 1977 mintys menagerie. We watch with a kind of fascination, because herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of their adventure. To read a description of werner herzogs 1977 film stroszek, it sounds like one of the most depressing films ever made.
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