list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Gods of the Plague on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Gods_of_the_Plague/13621/default.aspx Title: Gods of the Plague
Year: 1969
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Plot: Gods of the Plague (Gotter der Pest) is one of several German films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder under his pseudonym of Franz Walsch. That's Fassbinder, however, playing the small role of a buyer of pornography. The main story involves a pair of two-bit hoods who spend most of the film one-upping each other with a brace of scheming females. Their dreary life of crime comes to a spectacular head in a shoot-out at a supermarket. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:02:29 GMTGods of the Plague1969Rainer Werner FassbinderGods of the Plague (Gotter der Pest) is one of several German films directed by <a href="/players/P____89436/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rainer Werner Fassbinder</a> under his pseudonym of Franz Walsch. That's Fassbinder, however, playing the small role of a buyer of pornography. The main story involves a pair of two-bit hoods who spend most of the film one-upping each other with a brace of scheming females. Their dreary life of crime comes to a spectacular head in a shoot-out at a supermarket. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide32http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t30359i9ba7.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Gods_of_the_Plague/13621/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/10/14/36313.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 10/14/2008 7:02:29 PM
Body: New York gentrification moves faster than video format extinction. Kim’s Video on Avenue A shut down while I was in grad school at NYU, and that made it hard enough to find VHS copies of older films that hadn’t yet been released on DVD (and hasn’t that space gone through like three cheesy bars since Kim’s lost their lease? Please advise.) Later, I ended up buying a bunch of those tapes (including Fassbinder’s Gods of the Plague and Herzog’s Where the Green Ants Dream) at Mondo Kim’s on Saint Marks. Now, that Kim’s location is getting ready to move, and they’re unloading their library of 55,000 video rentals in the process. A couple of local eye witnesses have sent in reports of a flyer that’s being passed out at the store (Ray Pride has posted a scan), advertising Mr. Kim’s search for “institutions, schools, businesses or individuals who can accomodate Kim’s full line of film collection.” Apparently, they want to keep the collection intact; in fact, the stated mandates for parties interested in acquiring it are an ability to devote “3,000 square feet of space, committment to give access to Kim’s members (charging minimum membership fee), and maintaining the collection.” Takers can click above for contact info. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:02:29 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog10/14/2008 7:02:29 PMNew York gentrification moves faster than video format extinction. Kim’s Video on Avenue A shut down while I was in grad school at NYU, and that made it hard enough to find VHS copies of older films that hadn’t yet been released on DVD (and hasn’t that space gone through like three cheesy bars since Kim’s lost their lease? Please advise.) Later, I ended up buying a bunch of those tapes (including Fassbinder’s Gods of the Plague and Herzog’s Where the Green Ants Dream) at Mondo Kim’s on Saint Marks. Now, that Kim’s location is getting ready to move, and they’re unloading their library of 55,000 video rentals in the process. A couple of local eye witnesses have sent in reports of a flyer that’s being passed out at the store (Ray Pride has posted a scan), advertising Mr. Kim’s search for “institutions, schools, businesses or individuals who can accomodate Kim’s full line of film collection.” Apparently, they want to keep the collection intact; in fact, the stated mandates for parties interested in acquiring it are an ability to devote “3,000 square feet of space, committment to give access to Kim’s members (charging minimum membership fee), and maintaining the collection.” Takers can click above for contact info. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/10/14/36312.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 10/14/2008 7:01:47 PM
Body: New York gentrification moves faster than video format extinction. Kim’s Video on Avenue A shut down while I was in grad school at NYU, and that made it hard enough to find VHS copies of older films that hadn’t yet been released on DVD (and hasn’t that space gone through like three cheesy bars since Kim’s lost their lease? Please advise.) Later, I ended up buying a bunch of those tapes (including Fassbinder’s Gods of the Plague and Herzog’s Where the Green Ants Dream) at Mondo Kim’s on Saint Marks. Now, that Kim’s location is getting ready to move, and they’re unloading their library of 55,000 video rentals in the process. A couple of local eye witnesses have sent in reports of a flyer that’s being passed out at the store (Ray Pride has posted a scan), advertising Mr. Kim’s search for “institutions, schools, businesses or individuals who can accomodate Kim’s full line of film collection.” Apparently, they want to keep the collection intact; in fact, the stated mandates for parties interested in acquiring it are an ability to devote “3,000 square feet of space, committment to give access to Kim’s members (charging minimum membership fee), and maintaining the collection.” Takers can click above for contact info. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:01:47 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/14/2008 7:01:47 PMNew York gentrification moves faster than video format extinction. Kim’s Video on Avenue A shut down while I was in grad school at NYU, and that made it hard enough to find VHS copies of older films that hadn’t yet been released on DVD (and hasn’t that space gone through like three cheesy bars since Kim’s lost their lease? Please advise.) Later, I ended up buying a bunch of those tapes (including Fassbinder’s Gods of the Plague and Herzog’s Where the Green Ants Dream) at Mondo Kim’s on Saint Marks. Now, that Kim’s location is getting ready to move, and they’re unloading their library of 55,000 video rentals in the process. A couple of local eye witnesses have sent in reports of a flyer that’s being passed out at the store (Ray Pride has posted a scan), advertising Mr. Kim’s search for “institutions, schools, businesses or individuals who can accomodate Kim’s full line of film collection.” Apparently, they want to keep the collection intact; in fact, the stated mandates for parties interested in acquiring it are an ability to devote “3,000 square feet of space, committment to give access to Kim’s members (charging minimum membership fee), and maintaining the collection.” Takers can click above for contact info. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/kristen/archive/2008/5/16/29348.aspx Post By: kristen
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Post Date: 5/16/2008 8:53:19 PM
Body: If Rainer Werner Fassbinder could make three movies in one year, we should have been able to watch three of his films in one night. Unfortunately, we were distracted by homework. We did manage to watch Fassbinders Katzelmacher (1969) and Gods of the Plague (1969). This movie has interesting characters: a beautiful woman out for revenge, a man who runs from the law, an old friend, a woman to sleep with, and a sleazy detective. This noir film uses the detective story as a subplot while the audience runs with the criminal unaware of precisely what he did wrong. Edwin and I noted that this seems like a Goddard film. There are abrupt edits, random scenes (like the drive to the country where the men reminisce with an old friend), and a story Goddard could direct. However, Gods of the Plague is dour and unhappy, whereas Goddard films are whimsical, upbeat, and nave with a childlike innocence. There is a moment of hope in Gods of the Plague where the criminal and his friend talk with their woman on a bed about how the future could be good. They could live in the woods, catch fish in the stream, and live a utopian dream. This hope is one of the only glimpses of a good life in the film and one of the only parts where we know that the characters want to live. The rest of the film is a struggle to survive. This film, like Katzelmacher, features men who treat their women like objects. The detective inappropriately grabs the beautiful woman, women receive beatings undeservingly. But Gods of the Plague also has humor like Katzelmacher. Gods of the Plague is bleak and inhuman, but at least this glances at humanity. There is a spark of hope and emotion to this film, making this not as nihilistic as Katzelmacher. ~Kristen Gorlitz
]]>Sat, 17 May 2008 00:53:19 GMTkristenkristen Blog5/16/2008 8:53:19 PM If Rainer Werner Fassbinder could make three movies in one year, we should have been able to watch three of his films in one night. Unfortunately, we were distracted by homework. We did manage to watch Fassbinders Katzelmacher (1969) and Gods of the Plague (1969). This movie has interesting characters: a beautiful woman out for revenge, a man who runs from the law, an old friend, a woman to sleep with, and a sleazy detective. This noir film uses the detective story as a subplot while the audience runs with the criminal unaware of precisely what he did wrong. Edwin and I noted that this seems like a Goddard film. There are abrupt edits, random scenes (like the drive to the country where the men reminisce with an old friend), and a story Goddard could direct. However, Gods of the Plague is dour and unhappy, whereas Goddard films are whimsical, upbeat, and nave with a childlike innocence. There is a moment of hope in Gods of the Plague where the criminal and his friend talk with their woman on a bed about how the future could be good. They could live in the woods, catch fish in the stream, and live a utopian dream. This hope is one of the only glimpses of a good life in the film and one of the only parts where we know that the characters want to live. The rest of the film is a struggle to survive. This film, like Katzelmacher, features men who treat their women like objects. The detective inappropriately grabs the beautiful woman, women receive beatings undeservingly. But Gods of the Plague also has humor like Katzelmacher. Gods of the Plague is bleak and inhuman, but at least this glances at humanity. There is a spark of hope and emotion to this film, making this not as nihilistic as Katzelmacher. ~Kristen Gorlitz http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/crime/MemberTagFilms.aspxcrime
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