Film Colloquium 1: The Individual

Introduction: Georg Seeßlen, film critic, author and columnist

Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?

D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1970, 84 min., German OV

Chronic

D: Jennifer Reeves, USA 1996, 37 min., with live German narration

Field

D: Duane Hopkins, UK 2000, 10 min., German subtitles

The daily grind of work at the drafting board, the boss’s criticism, evening television: When Herr R. explodes, it comes as a stroke of liberation for the viewer. The Fassbinder classic is followed by “Chronic,” about the auto-aggression of a young woman, and “Field,” in which youths torment whatever happens to get in their way.