Syberberg, Not Schlondorff

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kjones jumps in with an important correction:

>I agree with Steely's recommendation for Our Hitler. However, the
>director/writer/puppeteer (the film mixes live action and puppets) is
>Hans-Jurgen Syberberg. He also directed an amazing version of Wagner's
>Parsifal (and I am not very big on opera). Syberberg is definitely a
>candidate to take on GR.

Thanks. You're quite right. I saw Our Hitler in college back in 1978 or
1979 at its premier in DC. H-J Syberberg was supposed to be there, but
didn't show up. Schlondorff is suited to Proust; Syberberg for TRP, and
given his taste for opera, perhaps, he could take a shot at V. In
Love--which, like the grand inquisitor, is one of the great self-contained
chapters in literature.

Parsifal was indeed amazing. Do you--or anyone else--know if either of these
films are available on videotape? The version of Our Hitler I saw was five
or six hours long.

Steely