Tag Archives: Volker Spengler

The Third Generation (1979)

Posted on November 8, 2013 by yearof44films

No, the tenor, if you will, hasn’t changed. The theme’s remained the same, and always will remain the same: the manipulability, the exploitability of feelings within the system that we live in, and that at least one generation or more … Continue reading →

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In a Year with Thirteen Moons (1978)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by yearof44films

No one falls for the fairy tale that there’s a “real life” in a “real world” and that “real life” is more important than loving. What does it matter? I know we don’t really have a chance, whatever might become … Continue reading →

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Despair (1978)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by yearof44films

In many ways this is the movie that started it all for me. San Francisco, 1978. I really do still remember it! A short ride on the streetcar to Civic Center, then a long wait for the 19-Polk bus to … Continue reading →

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