Cinema: Dream Work

THE TIN DRUM

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Franz Seitz, Günter Grass

A woman is sitting by a fire in a bare field, roasting potatoes. In the distance two policemen are seen chasing a man who eludes them and asks the woman for help. She hides him under her voluminous skirts. While the police question her, the criminal impregnates her.

Children are playing. They are cooking soup. In the boiling pot, along with other disgusting items, they place two live frogs. They also urinate into it. Then they force another child to eat this concoction.

The decomposing head of a...

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