127: Fabian: Going to the Dogs and the rise of totalitarianism - a podcast by Seventh Row
from 2022-04-13T13:00:52
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We're joined by Andrew Kendall to discuss the new German film Fabian: Going to the Dogs, directed by Dominik Graf, and how it portrays life in a totalitarian state.
This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, and special guest Andrew Kendall
On this episode:
- Related episodes (1:52)
- Fabian: Going to the Dogs synopsis (4:36)
- Connecting the past to the present (6:57)
- Adapting a 1932 novel with the knowledge of hindsight (15:01)
- The film's tone (33:40)
- Meret Becker as Frau Moll (47:03)
- How the film approaches the rise of Nazism (48:56)
- How this is like Tony Richardson's Tom Jones (54:07)
- Period costumes (58:48)
- Pietro Marcello's Martin Eden and masculinity (1:05:35)
- Conclusion (1:20:27)
- Read Alex's review of A Radiant Girl (Sandrine Kiberlain, 2021)
- Read an interview with Dominik Graf about making Fabian with Steve Erickson of The Film Stage
- Purchase our ebook Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh collaboration
- Purchase our ebook Roads to nowhere Kelly Reichardt’s broken American dreams
- Read Andrew's reviews at Stabroek News
Related episodes:
- Ep. 93: The films of Agnieszka Holland (Member's Only)
- Ep. 82: Quo Vadis, Aida and Our Lady of the Nile: Genocide on film (Member's Only)
- Ep. 5: Christian Petzold’s Transit (Member's Only)
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