Syberberg, Not Schlondorff

[davemarc]

At 10:14 AM 6/13/96 -0700, you wrote:
>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.
>
I saw Parsifal on video.  Couldn't abide it myself (vastly preferred a live
version I saw last year)--but maybe it'd be better on a big screen.

davemarc