Yes, there is a once-great filmmaker out there who desperately needs to be stopped before he completely destroys his formerly inspired legacy with a series of mechanical, lazy cash-ins that only blinkered fanboys could pretend to like. But it’s not George Lucas. Marcy Dermansky Ed Gonzalez Andrew O’Hehir Vicky Christina Barcelona. Woody Allen, 2008. *
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"A fast, complex, exhilarating roadster ride through history and time.... Kino is an intoxicating Euro-brew, written with enormous skill and dedication." — Frederick Barthelme
"Jürgen Fauth's deft mashup of genre and historical period is both a full-throttle literary thriller of ideas and a contemplative examination of film and fascism. Kino is a debut of great intellectual force."– Teddy Wayne
"A surprising alternative history. Kino brings the golden age of German cinema to light with loving, sometimes gritty, detail and great precision." – Neal Pollack, author of Jewball.
"A delirious melange of conspiracy, magic, sex, history, bad behavior, and cinema, Kino is a stellar entertainment, and Jürgen Fauth is a writer of rare, sinister imagination." – Owen King, author of Reenactment
"A light-hearted romp that leads straight into darkness and back through the shadows on the wall."– Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
"Movie nuts arise! A happy and felicitous debut."– Terese Svoboda
All posts tagged george-lucas
Vicky Christina Tatooine
Posted by Jürgen on August 16, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/08/16/vicky-christina-tatooine/
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
It’s no secret that I love Star Wars — and not just “the old ones” but all six movies: their mythic scope, their conceptual and visual inventiveness, the cheesy characters and blunt dialogue, the structural complexity, the joy they take in speed and color. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the all-new animated Star Wars adventure, [...]
Posted by Jürgen on August 11, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/08/11/star-wars-the-clone-wars/
The Dark Knight vs. Revenge of the Sith
Like any critic who dared to show themselves less than impressed with Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight juggernaut, I caught a lot of abuse for my dismissive review. Being called a mouth-breathing mountain dweller and a hat-wearing Brooklynite is fine by me, but when my nerd cred was insulted, I knew it was time for a [...]
Posted by Jürgen on July 23, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/07/23/the-dark-knight-vs-revenge-of-the-sith/
Muck Muckson and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Marcy and I arrived in San Ignacio, in the Cayo district of Belize near the Guatemalan border, by overland bus, and proceeded straight to the closest Internet cafe because our weekly About.com newsletter was overdue. That last plugged-in task taken care of, we chatted with a couple of Castaneda-quoting hippies looking to reenact Burroughs’ and [...]
Posted by Jürgen on May 18, 2008
http://jurgenfauth.com/2008/05/18/kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/
Attack of the Clones: The First 90 Seconds
Prompted by a comment at The House Next Door, here’s a contribution to Edward Copeland’s Star Wars blogathon: a close reading of the opening minute and a half of Attack of the Clones. The beginning of Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones isn’t quite in the league of the overhead star destroyer [...]
Posted by Jürgen on May 24, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/05/24/the-first-90-seconds-of-attack-of-the-clones/
Cleopatra, Sith, Death Proof
Prompted by the grand finale of Rome, we took another look at Cleopatra, which is one of those movies I can rewatch every few years. Compare-and-contrast is a fun enough game, and Marcy, who was never entirely sure which of the HBO characters were fictional, was entertained by noting differences in motivation and plot. Every [...]
Posted by Jürgen on April 10, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/04/10/cleopatra/
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
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Posted by Jürgen on June 27, 2005
http://jurgenfauth.com/2005/06/27/star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-2/
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