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Lot #945
Fritz Lang Typed Letter Signed, Referring to the Films of Jean-Luc Godard and Orson Welles

"It does not surprise me that you did not like Orson Welles' Falstaff, but were very impressed by À bout de souffle (Breathless) by Jean-Luc Godard"

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"It does not surprise me that you did not like Orson Welles' Falstaff, but were very impressed by À bout de souffle (Breathless) by Jean-Luc Godard"

TLS in German, two pages, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, October 4, 1967. Letter to Albin Poetzsch of Filmklub Meissen, in part (translated): "I was very interested in what you wrote about the interview Mr. Wexley gave in Berlin regarding Hangmen Also Die…It does not surprise me that you did not like Orson Welles' Falstaff, but were very impressed by À bout de souffle (Breathless) by Jean-Luc Godard. I consider him the very best among the young directors. During the four days I spent in Venice, I saw his latest film La Chinoise. A very interesting reflection on Russian and Chinese communism…As for Russian directors, I only knew Eisenstein, who came to Germany while I was filming Metropolis. Russian films are, unfortunately, not accessible to me here in America. Sadly." In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

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