Proving once again the infinite mutability of the coming-of-age tale, The Wendell Baker Story, written by Luke and co-directed by Luke and Andrew Wilson, grafts a number of borderline absurd conceits onto a ramshackle story about a small-time con-man trying to make his way in the world. In the dappled sunlight of Austin, Texas, Wendell [...]
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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
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The Wendell Baker Story
Posted by Jürgen on May 10, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/05/10/the-wendell-baker-story/
Idiocracy
In Mike Judge’s much delayed follow-up to Office Space, Luke Wilson wakes up in a future where everybody’s gone stupid. What’s supposed to serve as scathing critique of the dumbing-down of American culture provides the background for a few good jokes and a lot of obvious ones–I couldn’t help but feel I’d gotten a little [...]
Posted by Jürgen on January 8, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/01/08/idiocracy/
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