Monthly Archives: July 2013

Germany in Autumn (1978)

Posted on July 19, 2013 by yearof44films

I knew a little bit about the Baader-Meinhof group before watching Germany in  Autumn, but not much. I’d seen the Gerhard Richter paintings based on the newspaper images of the leaders’ alleged suicides (haunting, amazing) and Margarethe von Trotta’s Marianne … Continue reading →

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The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977)

Posted on July 7, 2013 by yearof44films

I’ve never understood why distributors feel the need to change the titles of foreign movies instead of properly translating them. Okay, I do understand why—they want to appeal to a broader, i.e., American audience—but I really think it’s annoying. In … Continue reading →

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