Late News Flash: Stroszek at Blim

Tonight, Werner Herzog's Stroszek, a black comedy of sorts about a smaller-than-life misfit who comes to America, will be playing at the gallery space Blim, at 17th and Main. It's a great film, well worth checking out, and stars Bruno S., the reputedly schizophrenic lead of The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser/Everyman for Himself and God Against All, who has since taken up music and painting and acquired a name as an outsider artist. The film is strange, sad, and bleakly humorous, as the protagonist slowly is pushed from a starting point at the margins to a space entirely off the page. Fans of the film 24 Hour Party People will recognize the dancing chicken sequence, which is playing on the TV when Ian Curtis hangs himself...

There are some cool JPEGS on Werner's site, but they're not for free download, so rather than incite the Wrath of Herzog, I have helped myself to the free ADVERTISEMENT they offer. But what the hell, a box set of Herzog documentaries is a pretty cool idea.

Also of note: scroll down the Blim page for my own event, coming up on May 30th. Watch this blog for more...