By: Thombeau
Wow, what a fantastic list! I’m ashamed to say that I’ve only seen Brazil (one of my all-time favorites!) and Kafka (which I quite enjoyed) but now will make it a point to see them all. Great post!
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Thanks, Thom. It’s the Prague setting and all the Kafka in-jokes I like in Soderbergh’s film. And the fantastic score. Not everything here is easy to find but the Welles film is essential viewing if...
View ArticleBy: Gabriel McCann
I also tend to think of Zentropa (1991) as Kafkaesque. It might have been released in the UK at Europa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(film)
View ArticleBy: Chris Browning
and what of peter capaldi’s short film “franz kafka’s it’s a wonderful life”? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka%27s_It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life
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Gabriel: I read reviews of Europa when it first appeared but I’ve still not seen it. It took me years to see the Soderbergh film as well. Hi Chris. Yes, I know that one and did watch it again recently....
View ArticleBy: 3lbFlax
When I did a year of drama at university back in the 80s, we were presented with Berkoff’s Metamorphosis as a text to perform, for which I am very grateful to this day. I was enough of an affected...
View ArticleBy: Suzanne
No love for Haneke’s “Das Schloss”? I think it’s one of the better adaptations…
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3lbFlax: Yeah, Berkoff often suffers as Welles did from being dismissed for trivial reasons by people who ignore his talent as a director. Suzanne: Haneke’s film is one of the 60+ I’ve yet to see. I...
View ArticleBy: Suzanne
Wait. Are you saying you’ve got only some 60 more movies to see and then you’re all done? HOW DID YOU DO THAT?! o_O As for Haneke’s Castle: I found that non-German speakers find it a bit tedious too...
View ArticleBy: John
Ha, no, I don’t have them to hand, unfortunately, I meant if I come across them. Haneke’s film will be a lot easier to see than some of the others.
View ArticleBy: 3lbFlax
All this has inspired me to have a look at Kafka’s ‘credits’ on IMDb. I was amused to see that he gets a ‘thanks’ in Álex de la Iglesia’s debut Acción Mutante. Cause enough for another viewing.
View ArticleBy: Gabriel McCann
Rudy Rucker reading the short story he has in the Kafkaesque collection: http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2011/10/14/reading-the-57th-franz-kafka-friday-night/
View ArticleBy: Gabriel McCann
Sorry the actual video of the reading is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uTL082jYsU
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