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Stroszek (1977)

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Can anything be bleaker than the shabby slums of Berlin? Yes, argues director Werner Herzog in Stroszek: try Wisconsin sometime. Bruno S.. stars as an ex-mental patient who dreams of the so-called promised land of America. He aligns himself with like-minded prostitute Eva Mattes and elderly, near-senile Clemens Scheitz. Upon their arrival in Wisconsin, the three misfits find that they're just as trapped in Dairy Country as they'd been in Germany--if not more so. The sour and bitter Stroszek

Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Werner Herzog

Jan 8, 2002

New Yorker Films

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All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (0) | DVD (4)

Among other things, Mr. Herzog visually dazzles us while he's pulling the rug from under our feet.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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We watch with a kind of fascination, because Herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of their adventure.

July 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment (1)
Chicago Sun-Times
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Stroszek is part moral tale and part absurdist comedy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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The amazing and brilliant thing about Herzog is the pure poetry he creates in his films. Really, the man is a poet

January 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinemania | Comment

Every time I revisit it, it has a new gift for me.

May 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

For every cheap shot about rural America (and there are many), there's an answering scene that kicks you in the stomach with its brutal honesty.

January 12, 2003 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | Comment

No description is necessary beyond the final line in the film: 'We've got a truck on fire. We have a man on the lift we're unable to find the switch to turn the lift off. We can't stop the dancing chicken. Send an electrician.'

August 13, 2002 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | Comment
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

When the film clicks, it's because Herzog has populated it with mostly non-actors he stumbled across in the midst of filming.

March 13, 2002 Full Review | Comment
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Stroszek is my first look into Werner Herzog's take on a "normal" reality; or rather, his treatment of contemporary (1976, at least) culture. In it, Bruno, an alcoholic street musician, Eva, his prostitute girlfriend, and their elderly neighbor move to America in an attempt to leave behind the hardships of

August 30, 2010
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Elvira B

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Succeedes where a film like Dancer In the Dark fails miserably, it gives a fair, realistic & relentless portrayal of a man's downfall, Evil is everywhere & yes when you're falling no dream or illusion will save you

November 27, 2009
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Arash Xak

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