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Het gangstermeisje [A Gangstergirl] (Frans Weisz, 1966)
Sep
20
Sophia Loren – 1934
Cast and crew study a map of Rome (via). DP: Gérard Vandenberg.
Italy or Sophia Loren for La Loren's birthday (1934).
“Film is kijken naar mensen die kijken.”
– Remco Campert, Het gangstermeisje (1965)
A writer tasked with writing a screenplay based on his novel Het gangstermeisje suffers from writer's block. Some time at his friends' house in France brings the inspiration needed but also a few twists and turns, similar to his book, leading him to Cinecittà.
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Jaider, der einsame Jäger [Jaider, the Lonely Hunter] (Volker Vogeler, 1971)
Sep
5
Mother Teresa
Gottfried John as Jaider (via). DP: Gérard Vandenberg.
“Denn auf den Bergen, ja da ist die Freiheit,
denn auf den Bergen ist es doch so schön,
dort wo auf grauenhafte Weise
der Jennerwein zugrund mußt gehn.”
Jennerwein-Lied, 19th c.
Jaider, just returned home from the Franco-Prussian War and incapable to find work, turns to poaching to feed himself and his impoverished town. Soon he leads a gang of poachers, who in their turn are hunted by Bavarian soldiers and state-sanctioned hunters. Loosely based on legendary “Jaider” (“hunter”) and poacher Georg Jennerwein.
