STROSZEK - Starring the legendary Bruno S. at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown | Do512

STROSZEK - Starring the legendary Bruno S.

WHEN:: Wed. 01/24 | 7:00PM
WHERE:: Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, at the Ritz on 6th Street map

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STROSZEK - starring the legendary Bruno S.
Theater: Alamo Downtown

Director: Werner Herzog
Rating: Unknown
Runtime: 87min.

Age Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

STROSZEK
JAN. 21 - 4:30pm, JAN. 24 - 7pm DOWNTOWN
DIRECTOR: WERNER HERZOG 2006 87min. 35mm

PLUS - DON'T MISS THE DOCUMENTARY ON BRUNO S. on Jan 23 at 7:30 pm! DETAILS HERE. SCROLL DOWN FOR COMBO TIX

Who else but Werner Herzog would make a film about a retarded ex-prisoner, a little old man and a prostitute who leave Germany to begin a new life in a trailer in Wisconsin? Who else would shoot the film in the hometown of Ed Gein? Who else would end the movie with a policeman radioing, "We've got a truck on fire, can't find the switch to turn the ski lift off, and can't stop the dancing chicken. Send an electrician." STROSZEK is one of the oddest films ever made. It is impossible for the audience to anticipate a single shot or development. We watch with a kind of fascination, because Herzog cuts loose from narrative and follows his characters through the relentless logic of their adventure. Then there is the haunting impact of the performance by Bruno S., who is at every moment playing himself. (Roger Ebert)

"Stroszek, written by its director Werner Herzog, became notorious for being the film that Ian Curtis of Joy Division watched on the night he committed suicide. While the story is undeniably bleak, it is not without its lighter side, which is mostly due to the efforts of its star, Bruno S, for whom the work was specially written after Herzog decided not to use him in Woyzeck. Already the lead actor in Herzog's The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, he hadn't altered his approach to play the equally unfortunate Stroszek, and his almost comically self-composed seriousness makes him very endearing to watch, so that by the end, when the tragic circumstances he finds himself in have proved impossible to escape, he can't quite shake off the ridiculousness of his persona. It's very much a film of two differing moods." (Graeme Clark, The Spinning Image)

BRUNO S. ON WIKIPEDIA

THE ENIGMA OF BRUNO S. on notcoming.com

Specials:

Combo ticket for STROSZEK and the BRUNO S. doc - See both films for a discounted price!

Showings (click on a show time to buy tickets):

Sunday, January 21

4:30 pm

Wednesday, January 24

7:00 pm