Volker Schlondorff
What does the German director Volker Schlondorff think about heroes?
What types of heroes does he prefer to create in his films?
He has sympathy for rebellious characters, which explains his focus on “anti-heroes”
Die Blechtrommel – Volker Schlöndorff
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The Ogre [VHS] $19.95 … |
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Handmaid’s Tale [VHS] $9.98 Set in a time when a buildup of toxic chemicals has made most people sterile, Volker Schlondorff’s film offers a disturbing view of a society under martial law in which fertile women are captured and made into handmaids to bear children for rich and infertile matrons. The film unfolds from the eyes of newly converted handmaid Kate (Natasha Richardson). She is trapped in this mysogynistic society w… |
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Death of a Salesman Highly praised version of Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play directed by German filmmaker Volker Schlondorff. Dustin Hoffman recreates his Broadway role of Willy Loman. After 34 years of working as a salesman, Willy Loman suddenly finds himself out of a job — fired for his mediocre performance. Loman has spent his life believing in and striving for the American Dream, and pressuring his … |
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The Tin Drum (The Criterion Collection) $26.59 This Oscar-winning adaptation of Günter Grass’s novel is an absurdist fantasy about a little German boy (David Bennent) who wills himself at the age of three not to grow up in protest of the Nazi regime. Made unnecessarily notorious in recent years due to overzealous censors in some parts of the United States, the film is more startling and surreal than obscene. Bennent is very good, and while th… |
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Ute Lemper: Sings Kurt Weill/Michael Nyman Songbook $12.46 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Michael Nyman: Composer in Progress $13.54 This program delivers unique insight into Michael Nyman’s very personal views, his thoughts and emotions…his world. Nyman, a minimalist composer, is most well-known for film scores of The Draughtsman’s Contract, The Ogre, Man on Wire, and The Piano. Thi… |
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Death of a Salesman/ Private Conversations $11.00 Dustin Hoffman offers a memorable turn as Willy Loman, the world-weary drummer trying to cope with family crises and the end of his career, in director Volker Schlondorff’s acclaimed version of Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. With Kate Reid as Loman’s wife Linda, and John Malkovich and Stephen Lang as their sons. 136 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; documentary; … |
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Death of a Salesman $2.99 … |
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Death of a Salesman $9.99 … |
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Volker Schlondorff’s Cinema: Adaptation, Politics, and the Movie-Appropriate $33.95 … |
January 27th, 2011 in
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