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MCT:November 18, 2008
On the evidence of this movie, the topical practise of banks lending huge sums of money to people with no earthly hope of paying it back began in 1977 Wisconsin, with three misfits, a mortgage and a mobile home! Bruno (Bruno S), a street musician with a history of institutionalisation, his prostitute girlfriend (Eva Mattes) and their eccentric elderly neighbour escape Berlin and a pair of thuggish pimps for a new life in the United States, but when his girlfriend gets itchy feet and he finds himself up to his eyes in debt, Bruno begins to despair. My only criticism of Stroszek is that the off-the-cuff, episodic script does not take enough time to establish Eva's malaise, thus her eventual betrayal of Bruno feels a little out of character.
Herzog's use of music - Sonny Terry via Chet Atkins and Beethoven, Bruno's oompah-pah accordion playing and a close-to-muzak version of By the Time I Get To Phoenix - is exemplary, and the film looks great too. One shot I especially liked, featuring an obscenely large static caravan being towed into position, for some reason reminded me of the famous opening of Star Wars, where the Star Destroyer drifts onto the screen and seems to go on forever.
There are some great lines: "Eva? What kind of a country would confiscate Bruno's mynah bird?" I've no idea what the infamous dancing chicken is all about but it encapsulates the mood of the film perfectly: funny on the surface, tragic beneath. Joy Division's Ian Curtis is supposed to have watched this movie and listened to Iggy Pop's The Idiot prior to hanging himself in 1980; one wishes he'd watched Blazing Saddles and listened to Rock 'n' Roll with The Modern Lovers instead. -
MCT:August 22, 2008herzog with bruno s. if you love america and thanksgiving (and more narrowly Wisconsin), watch this film.
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MCT:June 27, 2008
One of Herzog's more accessible films, about the American dream not quite being what it's cracked up to be. An ex con, a prostitute, and an old man make their way from the crime and hopelessness of their lives in Berlin, for greater problems and ultimate destruction in America. More than just being a criticism of America, I think the film points out how tragedy, despair, and absurdity, are not located in any one country, they are everywhere, and even if they weren't we would carry them with us. The immigrant story is one of escape, and for Herzog and Stroszek there is no escape, no matter amusing trying on different roles and locations might be. In the end were all a dancing chickens, bass playing ducks, rabbits riding fire trucks, and broken ski lifts going in endless circles, and that's Herzog's imagery from the films final moments, not mine
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MCT:May 7, 2008
bruno is a very distinct, memorable character. the sadness is occasionally offset with badass accordion and piano scenes. classy herzog.
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MCT:April 24, 2008
You can't help but feel for Bruno. The best part of his life in the movie is before he gets out of prison. What an existence.
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