Tag Archives: Volker Schlöndorff

Pete’s Peek | On this day in 1980 – The Palme d’Or winning West German black comedy The Tin Drum

Posted on 11 April 2012 by peter

On this day (11 April) in 1980, the Cannes Palme d’Or winning West German film The Tin Drum got its international release in the US, and would go on to win a Best Foreign Film Oscar at the 52nd Academy … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Time Regained – Raul Ruiz’s masterly screen version of Proust: as delicious as a Madeleine dipped in tea

Posted on 7 September 2009 by Jason Best

For years, the cognoscenti have agreed on two things about Marcel Proust’s epic 2,500-page, seven-volume semi-autobiographical novel A la recherché du temps perdu – it’s the greatest novel ever written and it’s un-filmable. Over the decades, the challenge of putting … Continue reading →

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