30Mar09

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VOLKER!

Here’s a quick birthday shout-out to Academy Award–winning, New German Cinema trailblazing Volker Schlöndorff, who turns seventy today. The tireless Schlöndorff is reportedly celebrating in (his) style: he’s currently on a reading tour through Germany, promoting his new autobiography, Light, Shadow and Movement: My Life and My Films (published in German by Carl Hanser Verlag). We’ll raise a glass to you in New York!

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta

1975

106 min

Color

1.77:1

Young Törless

Young Törless

Volker Schlöndorff

1966

87 min

Black and White

1.77:1

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

Volker Schlöndorff

1979

142 min

Color

1.77:1

Coup de grâce

Coup de grâce

Volker Schlöndorff

1976

98 min

Black and White

1.66:1

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1 Comments

Wed 01 Apr at 05:12 PM

Ian Cottage

Happy Birthday 70th Volker! I hope the book is published in English. I’d love to read it.

Thanks Criterion for your wonderful work. I’ve recently bought the Agnes Varda and Eric Rohmer boxsets. Superbly done.

All the best

Ian

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