for Roger…my musings on Berlin Alexanderplatz: The story of Franz Biberkopf,man-meat-automaton,who is given the opportunity to “grow a soul”,thus becoming an actual Human Being. I saw the televised version,in episodes,in the early1980s.Fassbinder seems to have translated the essence of the novel to the screen.
A difficult fim to watch (as the novel is difficult to read):difficult because (if one has the capacity to do so)it forces one to feel deeply,think in a sustained manner & observe one’s thoughts & feelings at the same time as one follows the story. In other words,an exercise in both consciousness and conscience,perhaps furthering the germination of the seed for the growth of one’s own soul……
As far as relevance of Weimar-era Germany to “postmodern NY” ,lets take two short quotes from the novel:
“The Tenants Protection Law is a scrap of paper.Rents increase steadily.The professional middle-class is being put on the street and strangled,the sherrif has a rich harvest…..The Private Protection Agencies watch everything..” even more amusingly relevant: “There is objecivity in the air,in the air there is objectivity,there it is in the air and it’s in the air,in the air.In theair there is something idiotic,in the air there issomething hypnotic,it’s in the air,it’s in the air,and it won’t get out of the air.”….quite so…Weimar Germany,“postmodern” Amerika,no difference,no change,same-same.. Doblin(& Fassbinder) had a penetrating spiritual & psychological insight . Watch the film in its’entirety,it will do something for you as a Human Being…I’ll also recommend Jodorowsky’s “El Topo” & Pasolini’s “Salo” as two more films,which like “BerLin Alexanderplatz” might lead to some much-needed restructuring of the Automatic Consciousness (which is really no Consciousness at all). Thanks for taking the time to read this,hope it was useful for you.
A question for people who have seen "Berlin Alexanderplatz" over 2 years ago
for Roger…my musings on Berlin Alexanderplatz: The story of Franz Biberkopf,man-meat-automaton,who is given the opportunity to “grow a soul”,thus becoming an actual Human Being. I saw the televised version,in episodes,in the early1980s.Fassbinder seems to have translated the essence of the novel to the screen.
A difficult fim to watch (as the novel is difficult to read):difficult because (if one has the capacity to do so)it forces one to feel deeply,think in a sustained manner & observe one’s thoughts & feelings at the same time as one follows the story. In other words,an exercise in both consciousness and conscience,perhaps furthering the germination of the seed for the growth of one’s own soul……
As far as relevance of Weimar-era Germany to “postmodern NY” ,lets take two short quotes from the novel:
“The Tenants Protection Law is a scrap of paper.Rents increase steadily.The professional middle-class is being put on the street and strangled,the sherrif has a rich harvest…..The Private Protection Agencies watch everything..” even more amusingly relevant: “There is objecivity in the air,in the air there is objectivity,there it is in the air and it’s in the air,in the air.In theair there is something idiotic,in the air there issomething hypnotic,it’s in the air,it’s in the air,and it won’t get out of the air.”….quite so…Weimar Germany,“postmodern” Amerika,no difference,no change,same-same.. Doblin(& Fassbinder) had a penetrating spiritual & psychological insight . Watch the film in its’entirety,it will do something for you as a Human Being…I’ll also recommend Jodorowsky’s “El Topo” & Pasolini’s “Salo” as two more films,which like “BerLin Alexanderplatz” might lead to some much-needed restructuring of the Automatic Consciousness (which is really no Consciousness at all). Thanks for taking the time to read this,hope it was useful for you.
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