| Volker Schlöndorff, German filmmaker, lecturing on his film Tin Drum (1979). In this lecture Volker Schlöndorff discusses Gunter Grass, the man, the writer, their working relationship, and his novel Tin Drum. He also discusses the chronology of World War II and the rise of fascism, as well as the parallel the novel draws between the life of Oscar and the development of this tragic period in European history. Schlöndorff also discusses the meaning of Oscars view of his own birth, and his decision to not group up and stay a child, as to evade entering the obscene 'real' world, the paradigm of film and literature, and the obstacles encountered in turning a novel into a film. European Graduate School EGS |
