This German movie is long, slow, indulgent unrhyming poetry about a crazed muse. I can’t recommend the film unless a disturbed freedom resonates with you. Before the performance, I knew nothing of this poet or her world. But her temperament lives in a small part of me — very distant and withered.
The film’s art, history and cinema surprisingly kept my impatient attention while I supplemented the catastrophic montage of Else with these:
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Hi Sabio,
Very interesting. How do you saw the film? DVD obviously?! There is a biografie about Else Laskar-Schüler but I cannot find a DVD at amazon. The film seems to be von 1997.
Greeting, Matthias
@ Matthias,
Yes, it was a DVD from NetFlix.com. “Mein Herz-Niemandem!” 1997, directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms.
“NetFlix not available in your country” it says. I’ll check how I can get it. Thanks.
Ooops, yeah, sorry — NetFlix is well-know in the USA. I watch lots of foreign and independent films and this is the only way I can get them. I love NetFlix.
Sorry it was not better but I love film and book reviews, so kudos!