Schulze gets the blues

[niels]

recently watched this german movie. It is about a miner who is forced to retire and his passion for accordion music. Really lovely film! Very slow but very funny I thought.
If you ever get the chance go see it

 

[Giovanni]

recently watched this german movie. It is about a miner who is forced to retire and his passion for accordion music. Really lovely film! Very slow but very funny I thought.
If you ever get the chance go see it

Thanks for bringing this film to my attention !! I've ordered the DVD from Amazon this morning

 

[losthobos]

Super movie....a lesson in understatement that we should apply to our playing

 

[JeffJetton]

It's been awhile since I've seen it, but yes, I do remember that it was "deliberately paced". Definitely more of an art-house sort of movie than a whizz-bang blockbuster.

 

[Zevy]

Very slow but very funny I thought.

How slow (or long) is “slow”?

 

[niels]

How slow (or long) is “slow”?

It is not a particularly long movie, it is the pace of storytelling. They take their time developing the story. But I never got bored, partly because there is so much to see and partly because as a viewer you sometimes have to connect the dots.

 

[Jim2010]

I enjoyed this film very much.

 

[Tom]

I love Schultze! Pretty sure I mentioned him on here 10 years ago…. Still a classic!

 

[kimric]

I think a lot of the acting was improvised, and a lot of the people interacting with Shultze were not actors and were asked to just act as if he was just what he appeared to be.

 

[losthobos]

I think a lot of the acting was improvised, and a lot of the people interacting with Shultze were not actors and were asked to just act as if he was just what he appeared to be.

That makes it even more magical.....

 

[SteveBox]

I had never heard of this film, but I found the DVD at my local library. Yes, as other have said, it is a charming and slow-paced movie. However, I was disappointed by the ending. I really expected to see him happily playing zydeco in a band after he found his way from Texas to Louisiana. However, except for one brief scene in his hotel room after he arrives in Texas, we never see him playing his accordion again. He carries it around to a few festival events, then appears to no longer have it after he begins his journey to Louisiana.

 

[JerryPH]

How slow (or long) is “slow”?

You can check out some clips on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=schultze+gets+the+blues+%22

 

[Giovanni]

I had never heard of this film, but I found the DVD at my local library. Yes, as other have said, it is a charming and slow-paced movie. However, I was disappointed by the ending. I really expected to see him happily playing zydeco in a band after he found his way from Texas to Louisiana. However, except for one brief scene in his hotel room after he arrives in Texas, we never see him playing his accordion again. He carries it around to a few festival events, then appears to no longer have it after he begins his journey to Louisiana.

I bought the DVD on Amazon but as yet have not had the time to watch the film

 

[losthobos]

I thought it was a lovely ending.... Schultz remained a gentleman throughout...and always managed to pull the chicks .....I'm not gonna discuss the ending so as not to spoil for those who haven't seen ...but I was touched...

 

[Tom]

A million years ago I bought it or borrowed it somewhere, ripped it and lost the DVD. Had to make an account on some dubious website and tried to download it with Italian subtitles. Only about half showed up. Weird. It’s definitely my favorite accordion themed movie. I’ll probably buy it again some day. The giant pile of slag contrasted with the bayou makes me smile.

 

[SteveBox]

However, I was disappointed by the ending. I really expected to see him happily playing zydeco in a band after he found his way from Texas to Louisiana.

I hope my comments saying what does NOT happen does not spoil the ending for anyone. I had just finished watching the movie and that was my initial reaction. The synopsis of the movie and the earlier scenes set up the expectation that Schultze is going to end up playing Zydeco with his kindred-spirits in Cajun country, but some unexpected things happen in the last half hour of the movie. That should be a good thing for a movie, an unpredictable ending. You will like this movie if you don't mind the slow pacing.

 

[Zevy]

I assume that there’s not much real accordion playing happening there. It sounds like a continuous loop of some chords in Cajun modes.

 

[OuijaBoard]

I assume that there’s not much real accordion playing happening there. It sounds like a continuous loop of some chords in Cajun modes.

For that you might like the legendary and lamented documentarian Les Blank's works such as:

"J'ai Ete Au Bal."
"Marc and Ann"

Also "Zydeco" by Nicholas Spitzer.


I Schultze, too.