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)

Show notes:

• 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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