There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche, "On Reading and Writing" But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Friedrich Nietzsche, Also Sprach Zarathustra Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of … [Read more...]

"I want to make personal films, not private films." Wim Wenders was born to create. He recognized it at high school in Oberhausen, where Wim began his studies in medicine and philosophy. Wenders decided to become a painter and moved to Paris, where he failed his entry test at the Art Academy. But this failure led him to the studio of Johnny … [Read more...]

“Together, I said, we shall boil fire and stop fish.”   Werner Herzog (real name Werner H. Stipetic) was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village, where were any films, television, or telephones. In the age of 14 he decided to see the world and started traveling on foot. During the same time he was inspired … [Read more...]

E(rnst) T(heodor) A(madeus) Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German writer, composer, caricaturist, and painter, mostly known for his stories in which supernatural characters reveal people's hidden secrets. Hoffmann's first passions were music and painting, and only in the middle of his short life he started writing. His fiction works were the … [Read more...]