Like any teenage girl, simone is obsessed with love, music, and r. Writer director eckhart schmidt sets teen angst and. After stills from those scenes were published during the marketing campaign of the film, she tried to stop the release. Dreaming of the gold of love, patricia loses herself in a search for the modern holy grail in an abyss of violence, murder, drugs and betrayal. Bevor er zur regie wechselte, war eckhart schmidt filmkritiker. Unlike the majority of his contemporary german film colleagues, schmidt was more focused on the younger audience. A short film and documentary filmmaker, eckhart schmidt had been absent from narrative filmmaking for almost a decade when he made this, an adaptation of a creepy short story written as a diary published in an underground german punk magazine. Daniel brings his girlfriend clara to his birthplace in italy for what is ostensibly a vacation, but in reality is an investigation into the friend of his late father, one coppola, otherwise known as the sandman. The basic story originated as a comic in a fanzine that eckhart schmidt edited, and it keeps to quite a simplistic format in film form, despite the scope for deeper analysis it offers. When they meet, her obsession will lead to madness. Join us opening night 621 for a minimal synthpop set by dj troller at 8 pm. When german filmmaker eckhart schmidts 1982 romantic shock thriller the fan plays the prestigious thessaloniki festival this year, its a culmination of the films long multidecade road back from critical disdain and commercial obscurity as well as a sweet vindication for the obstreperous octogenarian film artist and critic.
German filmmaker eckhart schmidts career took off in 1968. It truly does, but what about the first 70 minutes. Eckhart schmidt, 1985 west germany, 81 mins thursday, june 7 10 pm friday, june 29 midnight the final film in a. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Acooltoned adult fairy tale about a young mans obsessive quest to discover his exceedingly strange childhood roots, german director eckhart schmidt s the sandman based on the e. German filmmaker eckhart schmidt reflects on his long career. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Writer director eckhart schmidt sets teen angst and obsession to the cold german synths of rheingold in this entrancing, minimalist take on pop fanaticism accompanied by walkman. Unlike other contemporary german film associations the. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Elenco, recensioni, critica, trailer, dvd dei film di eckhart schmidt.
Alpha city is probably the best among the bunch of his movies. With lorenzo flaherty, stella vordemann, sabrina paravicini, john karlsen. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Hoffmann story, eckhart schmidt writer script synopsis. Upcoming, new, and past eckhart schmidt movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. From director eckhart schmidt, this shocker tells the story of a teenage girl desiree nosbusch who stops at nothing to be close to her idol, the pop star r bodo steiger. In the form of the mysterious sandman coppola, a figure from daniels childhood, returns to haunt him, while he succumbs to an. Eckhart schmidt is a german director, writer, producer, photographer and journalist. Its descent into cartoon excess represents the heightened fantasy end point of pop star adulation, but it is grounded in uncomfortable truths. Schmitz and edeltraut schmitz immigrated to canada from germany in 1952 and 1954 respectively. The film is an adaptation from his novel of the same title. Oct 25, 2019 when german filmmaker eckhart schmidts 1982 romantic shock thriller the fan plays the prestigious thessaloniki festival this year, its a culmination of the films long multidecade road back. Martin moszkowicz born april 25, 1958 is a german film producer. He is a director, writer, producer, photographer and journalist.
From director eckhart schmidt, this shocker tells the story of a teenage girl desiree nosbusch. October 31, 1938 in sternberg, moravia now czech republic. Eckhart schmidt born october 31, 1938 is a german film director, producer, writer and photographer. On march 6, 2019, martin moszkowicz was appointed honorary professor at university of television and film munich. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. In many quarters, eckhart schmidts film was raked over the coals by audiences and critics, as well as nosbusch herself who would accuse schmidt of. Verfluchte liebe deutscher film arte doku, 2016 youtube. Moszkowicz is the chairman of the executive board at constantin film. Fotovision was conceived by eckhart schmidt as an innovative media project presenting a new format combining photography, poetry and music. Unlike other contemporary german film associations the nmg was more commercially focused and targeting the young audience.
Eckhart schmidt is following up romaamor with the second part of his hollywoodland cycle, stranded downtown the new fotovision project. Find films and movies featuring eckhart schmidt on allmovie. He followed with verbotene musik a look at the music of jewish german composers from the 1930ties that died in concentration camps or survived by leaving germany in time. Schmidt and nosbusch reconciled their struggle years after that and became friends again. Schmidt has made over 100 films, most of which were tv movie documentaries, so this seems like a film where he was out of his. Douglas sirk remembers germany 1991, eckhart schmidt. German filmmaker eckhart schmidt reflects on his long. He was first noted in variety in 1967 when his feature film directing debut, jet. Mit andreas sportelli, rebecca winter, sibylle rauch. Schmidt and nosbusch reconciled their struggle years after that and. When her dream finally comes true of meeting him, neither is quite what the other expected. Director eckhart schmidt sacrifices pacing for a hypnotically creepy atmosphere, and in the last 20 minutes of the film it pays off. Nosbusch was reportedly outraged when she discovered that the nudity she performed for. The heroworship that simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him upclose in a crowd of fans pushing him for autographs.
My starting point are things that i see and feel, that i want to express sometimes on film, sometimes in a doc, sometimes in photography and sometimes in a painting. A movie with three episodes directed by hannes dahlberg, roger fritz and eckhart schmidt. An entrancing minimalist take on pure pop fanaticism, accompanied by walkman. Mit anja schute, raimund harmstorf, dagmar lassander, anouschka renzi, sibylle rauch, m. Fanatic teen simone is obsessed with r, an intriguing german musician who she believes sings directly to her. In the past few years, he has directed nearly a dozen feature films. Eckhart schmidt was a film critic at suddeutsche zeitung and belonged to a group of young german filmmakers called neue munchener gruppe nmg. About eckhart schmitz graham hancock official website. The film is about a young girl simone, who has a profound crush or is in love. Shocking, sordid, icecold meet your new cult favorite. His father was a landscape architect by profession and founded a landscape design and construction firm in 1955.
Shot in berlin entirely at night, alpha city tells the story of young raphaela isabelle gutzwiller who is stalked by frank claudeoliver rudolph and falls in love with. Every media has its own rules, its own forms of expression, challenges and possibilities. Schmidt is an unbelievably prolific filmmaker with wealth of cineastic knowledge to. Eckhart schmidt celebrity profile check out the latest eckhart schmidt photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. A dangerous dance of celebrity obsession bubbles over in this cult classic tale of teenage infatuation. Expertly directed by german filmmaker eckhart schmidt, this movie literally had me inching closer and closer to the edge of my seat. Join facebook to connect with eckhart schmidt and others you may know. Schmitz was born september, 1962 in ottawa, canada. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her. The film follows a disturbed teenage girls obsessive love for a pop singer named r who, after meeting her, eventually reveals that he does not love her back, leading to disastrous consequences.
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