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SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES
Directed by Michael Schorr
Germany, 2005 114 minutes In German and English w/ English subtitles |
"The writer and director, Michael Schorr, is making his first film, but has the confidence and simplicity of someone who has been making films forever."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times |
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FILM SUMMARY
After portly German salt miner Schultze and his workmates are forced into retirement, the emptiness of their smalltown-Germany existence becomes apparent. Schultze falls into a routine of playing accordion in a polka band, fishing, napping, and tending to his garden gnomes. Then a chance encounter with Cajun zydeco music turns his life around. Soon he is cooking jambalaya for his pals and playing zydeco to his fellow denizens. When his friends arrange for him to travel to America for a German folk festival, Schultze seizes the opportunity to visit the Louisiana bayou, where he finds himself strangely at home. The feature-film debut of director Michael Schorr is deeply moving without resorting to standard "fish out of water" cliches or manipulative soundtrack cues. "A small comic masterpiece," says National Public Radio's Peter Rainer. "Beautifully observed and deeply felt." FILM LINKS |
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