Movie

The West Is Alive

Der Westen Lebt

The West is alive (Der Westen Lebt) is a highly charged work, a powerful visual metaphor of desire within the symbolism of Western cultural mythology. A man and a woman fighting for a kiss collide on-screen with a repeated film fragment of the thrusting pistons of an oncoming train. The couple's erotic interplay is at once passionate, violent and ironic.

Director

Klaus vom Bruch

Status

Released

Release date

19/07/1984

Original language

English