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Stroszek (1977)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:12
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: In Werner Herzog's idiosynchratic and lyrical take on the road movie, the road in question stretches between the gritty, urban slums of Berlin and the equally desolate railroad flats of Wisconsin,... In Werner Herzog's idiosynchratic and lyrical take on the road movie, the road in question stretches between the gritty, urban slums of Berlin and the equally desolate railroad flats of Wisconsin, U.S.A. Herzog regular, Bruno S. (Kaspar Hauser in Herzog's THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER) plays Stroszek, just out of jail, who is trying to stop drinking and eke out a living by selling fruit and playing music on the street. Stroszek finds a soul mate in Eva (Eva Mattes), an equally hard-up Berlin prostitute. However, the two quickly find their fate closing in on them when Eva's ex-pimps threaten to kill them both. An unlikely solution arises when Stroszek's neighbor, eccentric and aging Scheitz (Clemens Scheitz), takes them along as he heads to rural Wisconsin to meet up with long-lost relatives. When the three displaced Germans arrive in Wisconsin, their lives seem to change for the better, but as the tarnished lures of capitalism fade and the bills pile up, they find themselves locked into the same struggles they fled Berlin to escape. In the process Herzog paints a melancholic and dark portrait of the alien landscapes and the perversely poetic culture of the rural poor in Midwestern America. [More]
Starring: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Starring: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Director: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenwriter: Werner Herzog
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Reviews for Stroszek
Among other things, Mr. Herzog visually dazzles us while he's pulling the rug from under our feet.
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.
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.'
We watch with a kind of fascination, because Herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of their adventure.
When the film clicks, it's because Herzog has populated it with mostly non-actors he stumbled across in the midst of filming.
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