Great German Expressionist/Weimar Cinema

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

Some of you might not know --- the English Wikipedia entry, linked to in 
the article, does not mention it --- that German expressionism also 
includes literature. Especially poetry  --- take Georg Trakl, Gottfried 
Benn, or Elke Lasker-Schüler ---, but also plays by Hans Henny Jahnn and 
Ernst Barlach, or prose by Ernst Jünger (the novellas "Sturm" and "Feuer 
und Blut") and, again, Jahnn (the novel "Perrudja").

The term is controversial and often avoided because it seems not 
distinctive enough compared to other -isms; sometimes even Heinrich Mann 
gets labeled as "expressionist" although his prose is rather 
conventional respectively realistic.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressionismus_%28Literatur%29

Banane -

Banane, ey Banane,
vie méditerranée,
Bartwichse, Lippentrane,
vie Pol, Sargassosee:
Dreck, Hündinnen, Schakale
Geschlechtstrieb im Gesicht
und Aasblau das Finale -
der Bagno lässt uns nicht.

die großen Götter Panne,
defekt der Mythenflor,
die Machmeds und Johanne
speicheln aus Eignem vor,
der alten Samenbarden
Begattungsclownerie,
das Sago der Milliarden,
der Nil von Hedonie.

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Gottfried Benn, 1925


On 28.02.2016 06:16, gary webb wrote:
> http://www.openculture.com/2014/12/10-classic-german-expressionist-movies-for-free.html
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> They Even have The Golem scored by Black Francis of the Pixies...
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