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Marina Anna Eich & co in “24/7 The passion of Life” [2005, Germany]

Continuing Roland Reber’s filmography, his 2005 drama “24/7 The Passion of Life” uses BDSM and swinging themes to propagate his theories on sexuality and meaning of life. The film, if anything is educational. Unlike the clichéd view of what we … Continue reading

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Annett Renneberg in “Devot” [2003, Germany]

As far as I know, “Devot” [Eng. Title: Devotion] appears to be the only released feature film of Igor Zaritzky. But unless he had given up film making, for his talents he should have made more films by now – … Continue reading

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Ingrid Thulin in “La Caduta Degli Dei” [1969 Italy, W,Germany]

Luchino Visconti (Luchino Visconti di Modrone) will forever be part of world cinema ‘royalty’, and that has more to do with his cinematic genius than his genuine aristocratic credentials. Tad ironic perhaps for an avowed communist and a life-long member … Continue reading

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Marina Anna Eich in “The Dark Side of Our Inner Space” [2003 Germany]

Roland Reber‘s 2003 drama, “The Dark Side of Our Inner Space”, is an interesting exploration of human nature in unnatural surroundings. Much like the Canadian classic, “Cube”, it explores darker human instincts like selfishness, fickleness and desire, although in an … Continue reading

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Mira Gittner in “Das Zimmer” [2000 Germany]

Roland Reber is an interesting director in that he expects and actively encourages creative input from his cast to help shape a film around a theme. While this approach of ‘workshopping’ is more common in theatre, it is unusual for … Continue reading

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