this evening i had hoped to roll down to radial system v - whose name makes me a bit nervous, as well as the explanatory "space for the arts" moniker. but i figured i'd be safe since i was only planning to see a film "Die Spree - Sinfonie eines Flusses" (nod to Walther Ruttman), a documentary about Berlin's beloved stream which perishes here into the Havel. Little did i know that the film had become pick of the litter for several culture rags around town and when i called about tickets i was snappily informed that all tickets were ausverkauft. oh the slings and arrows. after a brief search through the listings my film going companion suggested Am Ende Kommen Touristen, based on the book of the same name. a young berliner is completing his civil service in poland, assisting an aging auschwitz survivor and performing tasks around the town's youth hostel. he befriends a young polish woman who works as a tour guide at the concentration camp and the film follows these characters as they struggle between the remembrances of cruelty and the sorrowful requirements of modern life. each reduced to an isolated particle by the terrible gravity of history they move through the film skirting the edge of an emotional event horizon. the actors played masterfully and the script left room for the emotions to resonate. recommended...
good god, that sounds like a really depressing movie... when you europeans get bummed out, you REALLY get bummed out!
i like to use the term 'event horizon' when i'm in an argument... it leaves 'em scratching their heads...
Posted by: rixxo rodentia | 31 August 2007 at 00:15