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Phoenix (2014)
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Johnny: What's your name, anyway?Nelly: Esther.Johnny: There aren't many Esthers left...
A very happy 63rd birthday to director Christian Petzold -- I'm kind of shocked to discover that he's 63 years old? I only became familiar with him in 2012 with his film Barbara but he apparently had an entire career before that; if anybody is knowledgable about his work before that please do share. Anyway since Barbara it's been one masterpiece after another -- any director working any time anywhere would be a fool not to envy a decade-long run that includes Barbara, Phoenix, Transit, Undine, and this year's Afire. Read my review of Afire right here, which remains one of the year's best -- indeed my Pajiba colleague Petr just wrote up a separate piece about how smart Afire is on the subject of Climate Change which I very much recommend. The film is so of this moment it gives me the chills every time I think back on it. Petzold is a top-tier filmmaking god right now so a happy birthday to that man!
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He did a one-off for German TV in 2018. It works within a certain, 'niche' specialty genre of very German sunday evening police procedurals firmly ingrained in their differing locales (two major 'houses' of former BRD 'Tatorte' and former GDR 'Polizeiruf 110' series, carrying on still, hence the cheekily titled episode: 'Polizeiruf 110: Tatorte').
Petzold's was the last for melancholic Munich detective von Meuffels. It starts off pretty harrowing - and goes on from there. Loved it then, holds up quite well. Lately discovered the Munich series on PBS. Not sure if the Petzold episode is on there. Maybe you can access it via the official German station media center (ardmediathek.de).
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