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IDFA 1992

Georg

Stanton Kaye
United States, Italy, Germany
1964
55 min
n.a.
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"On its surface level, the film appears to be the story of a war-torn German soldier who, after having emigrated to America, finds that he cannot live within any civilization -but he cannot live without it either... the choice is not his. The expansive art of the military-industrial complex reaches even to his hideaway in the mountains, where he is haunted by the construction of a military missile base. In GEORG, the aesthetic means are home-movies techniques, a concrescence of intimate sounds, and a unique narrative...to unite the audience with the presence of Georg." S.K. "The film establishes its visual authority immediately...this sardonic fable rises above the usual beginner's film by the rough sureness of its style. Kaye rightly sensed that his Pirandellian structure could be put to advantage; and he has multiplied the ironies of Georg's history very skillfully...Georg's fruitless attempts to find some way of living as a man are only grotesque exaggerations of a common tendency: the attempt to salvage from society some areas where we can be let alone, some things upon which we can freely act...what is most promising about the film is Kaye's capacity to produce a film image which stands squarely on its own - often of a touching or funny kind, but always solid, demanding no concessions, and full of ironic ramifications." Ernest Callenbach, Film Quarterly
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