Not Reconciled (German: Nicht versöhnt) is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Jean-Marie Straub. It has the subtitle Only Violence Helps Where Violence Reigns (German: Es hilft nur Gewalt wo Gewalt herrscht). The film is an adaptation of the 1959 novel Billiards at Half-past Nine by Heinrich Böll.
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| Directed by | Jean-Marie Straub |
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| Based on | Billiards at Half-past Nine by Heinrich Böll |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Reception
editRichard Brody of The New Yorker reviewed the film in 2008: "Straub and Huillet make the layers of history live in the present tense, which they judge severely. The tamped-down acting and the spare, tense visual rhetoric suggest a state of moral crisis as well as the response—as much in style as in substance—that it demands."[1]
References
edit- ^ Brody, Richard (2008-11-24). "Not Reconciled". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
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