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- The lie that Erich Stroheim carried across the ocean took root and slowly blossomed into a magnum opus of false identity, one that would lend abiding essence to his life and his art.
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Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era.
None of which was remotely true. Erich von Stroheim had just crossed the Atlantic on the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm from Bremen, an 11-day voyage to what already felt like a new life. On that cold, grey November day in Manhattan, he began a new story with a new identity.
Dec 23, 2022 · Spike Jonze’s yelling and gesticulating director is said to be German—I thought he sounded Italian—but that certainly might be an Erich von Stroheim reference.
Dec 21, 2022 · Although the film shown is an epic period drama a la “Ben-Hur,” this sequence is likely a reference to Gilbert’s 1925 film “The Merry Widow” directed by Erich von Stroheim (who himself ...
Though the Austrian's mythic heritage involved a decorated military past and aristocratic background, von Stroheim's most notorious distinction became his relentlessly catastrophic relationship with Hollywood studios and the tragic fates that befell most of his cinematic output.
Sep 26, 2022 · Erich von Stroheim didn’t live to see John Ford’s classic western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), but it’s easy to imagine that if he had, he’d have offered up a wry smile at the local newspaperman’s immortal exit line: “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
Legendary Viennese-born actor/director Erich von Stroheim was once described by Orson Welles as “a true artist – my God, he had talent!”. Yet his battle with the Hollywood establishment and his reputation for extravagance destroyed his film-making career before the coming of sound, leaving such masterworks as Foolish Wives (1922) and ...
