Underplayed Gems

Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films (2016)

Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films poster
Original title
Verfluchte Liebe Deutscher Film
Directed by
Johannes F. Sievert, Dominik Graf
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary looks at forgotten German genre films and how they were a counter-movement to New German Cinema. It talks with seventeen filmmakers, critics and historians about their influence on film culture.

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What happens

Doomed Love: A Journey through German Genre Films is a 2016 documentary film by Dominik Graf and Johannes F. Sievert, which describes forgotten German film genre and follows the counter-movement to the New German Cinema and its influence on film culture. The documentary contains interviews with seventeen filmmakers, film critics and film historians. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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