I was instantly bought back to the early eighties. Sitting in large cold theaters with about 9 other people, watching German films that seemed endless, stupid, amazing and hysterical simultaneously.. And that, is very hard to replicate, but Music From the Second Floor seems to pull it off. Oh, and throw a little Nordic tinged Monty Python in too. This is not an easy movie to watch it takes some effort and perseverance. Yet that has been what is lacking, and is one of the problems with most popular film over the last twenty years . Music from the Second Floor is gritty and gray, and you have to be present while you are watching it. No daydreaming or internal conversations that may distract you from the full on experience. So, if you were one of the other nine watching all of Berlin Alexanderplatz in a two day sitting, this one's for you.
Review of Songs from the Second Floor
