| Volker Schlöndorff, German filmmaker, lecturing on his film Death of a Salesman (1985). In this lecture Volker Schlöndorff discusses Arthur Miller, American culture, consumerism, values, generational conflict, tragedy, the end of idealism and the dissolution of the American dream. Wolker Schlondorff also discusses the stage design and the use of music in film, as well as the overall process of making the film. At the end of the lecture, the filmmaker answers a number of students`questions. European Graduate School EGS |