Farewell From Yesterday

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Audience Member Also, Kluge ist nicht meine Wurst... Aber dieser Film ist schon besser als was ich frueher gesehen habe. Die Figur von Anita G. ist auf einmal lustig und tragisch, aber die Frage bleibt: was wollte Kluge uns sagen? Anita ist kein Opfer der Gesellschaft. Sie ist nur eine Luegnerin. Gegenteilig kuemmert die Gesellschaft sich um Anita. Vielleicht genau das wollte er uns zeugen: manche Leute sind nicht boese, sie brauchen nur ein bisschen Hilfe. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Very French New Wave-y, but it also has a distinctly German feel to it. Yesterday Girl was very important to establishing German as an artistic cinematic power. The movie itself is very well shot and acted. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is very similar to a lot of French New Wave films, at first. In the beginning I almost thought it just felt like a Godard rip-off but really it is much more. This is an amazing film dealing with a woman from Eastern Germany trying to fit in to society. Whether it is dealing with the communist regime, the free-market, etc. she has struggles. This is beautifully shot and written. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member This feels a little like "Un Feu Follet" or a Godard film for some reason. I found the narrative and experimental nature of this film very refreshing and the Frenchiness fascinating. The lead female was stupendous and turned a film of a typical nature into one that was wonderful to explore and splendid to view. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is my first Alexander Kluge film and I'm glad that I had the opportunity to view it. It has that gritty urban feeling that many of us can associate with the middle Cold War. Filmed in B&W maintains that feel and allows us to concentrate of the protagonist's character and her emotional response to her environment. I'm beginning to believe that color actually degrade the film's quality, if it's there in the first place, and may actually hide a multitude of faults. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review walter m After serving a prison sentence for stealing a cardigan from a co-worker, Anita(Alexandra Kruge) is released on probation. Sadly, her first job in an office does not work out. So, maybe her next job as a salesperson for language records will work out better. "Yesterday Girl" is an engaging critique of capitalism that owes more to the playfulness of the French New Wave than Italian Neorealism. Of which, it is probably no coincidence that Anita is originally from Leipzig in East Germany. It is no surprise that she is unable to adjust to West Germany, where everybody is selling something, considering that after landing a job, she is told by her supervisor to be grateful to a higher being.(I could never imagine this happening today in real life, but as a few commencement speaches by well-heeled people have revealed recently, there are those who feel exactly this way.) Nor is this the last time religion is mentioned in this movie. Even though she is judged at every turn when her worst crime is a lack of property, forcing her to steal, she carries on, regardless. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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