Schultze Gets the Blues
It's never too late to re-tune your soul
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DVD-R Details
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Horst Krause | |
Directed by | Michael Schorr | |
Screenwriting by | Michael Schorr | |
Director of Photography: | Axel Schneppat |
Entertainment Reviews:
[A] simple fisch-out-of-water ditty and, with its heart-stopping finale, a palpable ode to pursuing the passions that make life worth living.
Entertainment Weekly
It's a bit of a surprise when the film ends and you realize that you've been touched in unanticipated ways by Schultze's solitary quest.
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Kansas City Star
Rating: 4.5/5 --
He does, but you probably won't, especially from watching this movie.
Arizona Republic
Rating: 0/4 --
Writer-director Michael Schorr's story moves with remarkable sloth.
Reno Gazette-Journal
...some predictable tearjerking that is only half-successful.
Los Angeles CityBeat
Rating: B+ --
Schultze Gets the Blues can get a little thin, but it never loses its sense of quiet, playful dignity.
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Dallas Morning News
Rating: 3/4 --
Schorr's award-winning film may be a bit on the slight side to some tastes, but it's a journey well worth taking.
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Seattle Times
Product Description:
After portly German salt miner Schultze (Horst Krause) and his cronies are forced into retirement, the emptiness of their nowhere, smalltown-Germany existence becomes sadly apparent. The only bachelor in his circle, Schultze falls into a dull routine of playing accordion in a polka band, fishing, napping, and tending to his garden gnomes. Then a chance encounter with Cajun zydeco music turns his life around, a little. Soon he is cooking jambalaya for his pals and playing zydeco to the somewhat shocked denizens of his sleepy burg. When his friends arrange for him to be sent to the U.S. for a German folk festival, Schultze seizes the opportunity to visit the Louisiana bayou, and so his one chance at a wild adventure in life begins. Overcoming the language barrier through his hat-doffing, old-world charm, Schultze finds himself strangely at home in this new environment. SCHULTZE is a slow-moving but lovely little tale about facing mortality, and how the power of both music and human kindness can transcend borders and boundaries, no matter what one's age. Director Michael Schorr plays this--his feature film debut--in a wonderfully deadpan, minor key. The film manages to be deeply moving without ever resorting to standard "fish out of water" cliches or manipulative soundtrack cues. Krause is resoundingly authentic in the title role, and the various (actual location) landscapes are rendered with haunting, lyrical realism.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 107,474
- UPC: 032429349194
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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