Christian Petzold
The narrative is filled with secrets and mysteries that tease and fade away — and the deepest mysteries lie within that basic social unit, the family.
It’s hard to imagine that Hollywood suits would get behind a movie focused on a corrupt political regime, even one that’s now history.
Preoccupied with the little melodramas of their lives and their careers in the arts, the characters in”Afire” put off acknowledging the gathering disaster that might end up at their doorstep.
Undine is a film best savored (and best absorbed) with a second viewing. Viewers must be open to its charms, perhaps allowing memories of the primal to seep into their consciousness.
In Transit, Christian Petzold explores why the ghosts of Europe’s troubled past are stirring once more.
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