New German Cinema

When this book came out in the 1980's it was a shocker to realize that Germany is still going strong with movie making. Probably a lot of your favorites came out after this book was published. However the movies in the book are worth scrutinizing as a part of "The New German Cinema" From the back cover: In this, the first book to examine the New German Cinema as a whole, John Sandford provides a film-by film study of these seven directors [Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Hans-Jurgen Syberberg, Jean-Marie Straub, Alexander Kluge, and Volker Schlondorff], locating their achievements within a frame of developments in television, drama, documentaries, and the political history of contemporary Germany itself. What drew my attention to this book was the picture of Klaus Kinski from "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (1972)and there is a great section on this film in the book. Aguirre, the Wrath of God