vhs Werner Herzog directs BRUNO S as STROSZEK 1977 New Yorker Video 1st Ed 1990

Description: Good viewing tape of Rare Hard to Find ORIGINAL NEW YORKER VIDEO First Edition, COMPLETE & UNCUT. Hard to Find rare video collectible from earliest days of the home video entertainment industry. FAST & SAFE DELIVERY. 1977. Directed by WERNER HERZOG. TAGLINE : " A Ballad " - In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin. Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva's pimps, they join Bruno's neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin. In that winter bound, barren prairie, Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva as a waitress. They buy a trailer. Then, bills mount, the bank threatens to repossess the trailer, Eva wants privacy, and inexorably, the promise of a new life deserts Bruno. CAST includes Bruno S. (aka Bruno Schleinstein), Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg, Burkhard Driest. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : The entire crew disliked the last sequence so much that director Werner Herzog had to shoot it by himself. Incidentally, he considers this scene the best he has filmed. Werner Herzog invited editor Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus to the set to oversee continuity. Known to highly dislike Herzog's movies (with the exception of Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)), she was so disgusted by the scenes that she started to signal the camera operator to stop shooting. Infuriated by this, Herzog threatened to hit her with a shovel. It is claimed that the late post-punk vocalist Ian Curtis (of Joy Division) watched this film just before his suicide. It can be seen before Curtis' suicide scenes in the movies 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Control (2007). The musician Elliott Smith (1969-2003) described himself as a fan of Bruno S. and Stroszek (1977), too. Just like Ian Curtis, he committed suicide later. David Lynch is an admirer of the film, and has called it his favorite work of Herzog's. Incidentally, he first saw the film on the same BBC broadcast in 1980 (while in England shooting The Elephant Man (1980)) which Ian Curtis watched shortly before committing suicide. Lynch would later become friends with Herzog and even serve as producer for My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009). Director Werner Herzog was originally going to film the story of Woyzeck (1979) with his star Bruno S.. However, a few days before production, he decided that story required Klaus Kinski in the starring role. He told Bruno, who responded that he had already taken vacation and a leave of absence from his job in a steel mill. As a result, Herzog wrote this film in 3 1/2 days, deliberately choosing a similar sounding title. Bruno S., Wilhelm von Homburg and Burkhard Driest were all convicted criminals. Von Homburg, when convicted 9 years after the film, was guilty of almost exactly the same crimes his character is seen committing in the film.The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. BRUNO S. Mini Bio :Born June 2, 1932 · Berlin, Germany Died August 11, 2010 · Berlin, Germany (heart failure) - Birth name "Bruno Schleinstein" was the unwanted son of a prostitute, Bruno S. was beaten so severely by his mother at age 3 that he became temporarily deaf. This led to his placement in a mental institution; he spent the next 23 years in various institutions, often running afoul of the law. Despite this past, he a self-taught painter and musician; while these were his favorite occupations, he was also forced to take jobs in factories such as driving a fork lift. Director Werner Herzog saw him in the documentary Bruno the Black - One Day a Hunter Blew His Horn (1970) and vowed to work with him, which led to his major roles in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Stroszek (1977). He was very difficult to work with, though, sometimes needing several hours of screaming before he could do a scene. A library of 20,000 to 30,000 video items from 1978 forward, including multiples, is being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL inventory is OFFSITE from eBay listing center, so singular items may not be described individually, but in general to the collection. Some images may be representative. The quality of playback and visual presentation is GOOD to VERY GOOD to FINE. Some items may be Brand New Factory Sealed, while a few may slip through in a lesser quality. These items are inspected but individual items slip through occasionally, and we apologize for this inconsistency. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.

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