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Berlin AlexanderplatzOther

by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Who uses, recommends or left Berlin Alexanderplatz, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Keith Gordon
American actor and director; acted in Jaws 2 (1978) and Christine (1983), directed The Chocolate War (1988), A Midnight Clear (1992), Mother Night and Waking the Dead (2000), and episodes of Fargo and Better Call Saul.
loved

For me, Berlin Alexanderplatz was the grandfather of all the best of modern television, using the expanse of hours to dig ever deeper under the skin of characters, seducing us into caring for a dark antihero in spite of ourselves, and showing that television can be as visual and inventive and surreal as the best movies.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Keith Gordon, the entry for Berlin Alexanderplatz.

2015-08-26·criterion.com ↗

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