简介：Synopsis: InAchternbusch'sfirstfeature,ananxiousteacher(played,asistheleadroleinallhisfilms,bythedirector)sitsinabeergardenonthehilloftheAndechsmonastery.Whilefliesdrowninhismugofbeer,heconfrontsalifeoffailure:thewifeheignored,thechildheneglected,theteachingdutieshehasshirked,andhisdoomedeffortsatwinningtenurefromschoolofficials.Onlyadreamfromthepast-thememoryofaformerliaisonwithafilmstarwithwhomheshared"theAndechsfeeling,afeelingthatwearenotalone",providessustenance.Despiteanunexpectedseriesofevents,longinginAchternbusch'sworldultimatelyremainsstrongerthanfulfillmentandthirstbetterthanbeer. AboutHerbertAchternbusch: Aprolificnovelist,poet,dramatist,painter,andanarchistfilmmakerfromBavaria,HerbertAchternbusch-despitetheevidenceoftwenty-sevenfeaturefilmshehasmadetodate-remainstheleastknowndirectorfromtheNewGermanCinema,themovementthatbroughttheworkofFassbinder,Wenders,Herzog,andotherstointernationalprominence.IfheisknownatallintheWestitisperhapsasauthorofthestoryfromwhichWernerHerzogderivedhisfilmHeartofGlass.Theprodigiousauthorofsomethirtybooks,eighteenplays,andnumerousradiodramas,Achternbuschclaimstohavetakenupfilmmakingbecauseithurttositafterwritingsomuch.TocharacterizeAchternbusch'sworkisnoteasy. Ashortlistofafewofhisprofessedinfluencesgivesanindication:JerryLewis,JohnFord,CharlieChaplin,KenjiMizoguchi,YasujiroOzu,andperhapsmostimportant,BavariansatiristoftheRoaringTwenties,KarlValentin.Situatedinano-man'slandbetweendreamandreality,yetlacedwithreferencestoactualeventsandtohisownlife,Achternbusch'sfilmscompriseoneofthemostfiercelyindividualisticoeuvresinfilmhistory."Resistingeasyadmirationorfacilecubbyholing,"asGermanfilmscholarEricRentschlerexplains,"AchternbuschremainsNewGermanCinema'smostdifficultandmostdirectfilmmaker,ananarchistwhoserawsurrealismstemsfromaprofoundregardfortheinextricablebondsbetweenthepublicandtheprivate."…