Tag: Franz Kafka
"Kafka machine" at TamS: absurd things like clockwork
Lorenz Seib set up a “Kafka machine” in the theater at the social welfare office. Completely pointless and adorable. source site
ARD film "Kafka and me": From all over the world
Playful things to mark the 100th anniversary of his death: What Franz Kafka’s dog might have said about him. A film with love, sausage and gaining knowledge. source site
ARD series "Kafka": Kafka, the smartass
ARD is promoting David Schalko and Daniel Kehlmann’s six-part TV series about the great writer with a lot of wind. The result: rather pale, completely normal television. source site
Kafka – modern man: pure slapstick
Things already start in Kafka’s first novel: right from the start it is full of cool comedy – the preservative of prose. source site
“The Glory of Life” in the cinema: In bed with Kafka – culture
“The Glory of Life” tries to show another Kafka, a cheerful, in-love Franz. But the film freezes before the dark cliché. Already after the first Baltic Sea scenes, flooded with…
Bernhard Setzwein’s Kafka novel – Munich
Franz Kafka died on June 3, 1924, not even 41 years old. At least that’s what people thought so far. What a mistake! The writer lives – if only in…
Franz Kafka’s “America” as an opera in Zurich. – Culture
There is no trace of angels, as mentioned in the libretto and the original by Franz Kafka. Instead, human-sized and colorful fairytale characters stand in front of a blue evening…
Kafka – the modern man: The endless research
“Been to the cinema. Wept,” is perhaps Franz Kafka’s most famous diary note. When you try to understand what he saw there, you meet the most amazing people. source site
New comics lead Franz Kafka’s work to new freedom – culture
Should an author be responsible for the well-being of his readers? “You have made me unhappy,” a reader turns to Franz Kafka seeking advice in view of his story “The…
Rüdiger Safranski on Franz Kafka: “Writing about his life” – Culture
One of the most likeable quirks of the late great critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki was that he occasionally remarked: “You shouldn’t use the name Kafka in your mouth.” Now we see…