简介：AnearlyworkfromthefilmmakerbehindTHETINDRUMwithanintriguingHansChristianAnderson-stylefairytaleaestheticandvoiceovernarration.SUDDENWEALTHisadespairingchronicleofagroupofstarvingpeasantswhofinallyseizegovernmentalwealthlikeadysfunctionalgroupofRobinHood'sMerryMen,onlytobebetrayedbytheirinescapableselvesandsystematicallydehumanized(thinkbucolicOrwell)andreprogrammedbywhatwe'llputundertherubricofGodandCountry.Extremelystrikingcompositionsattimes.Onlyoneman(whobearsapassingresemblancetoayoungJohnCleese,incidentally)refusestogogentleintothatgoodnight.ThelastsceneisreminiscentoftheendingsinbothKubrick'sPATHSOFGLORYandTHECRUCIBLEwithDay-Lewis,yetallevenmorechillingwithitsalienatingsuddenlyreappearingvoice-over.SUDDENWEALTHbenefitsfromanespeciallystrongsecondhalfwithfullercharacterizationthatmakesitcomealiveasawholeforSchlondorff,whosefilm'sevincesextremelystrikingcompositionsattimeswithstationarycamera.EspeciallyrecommendedforthoseinterestedintheNewGermanCinema.…