Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (1979)

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• Pierluigi P

  
  Mischievous, visually stunning, hilarious and compelling. quite an achievement adapting GÃ 1/4nter Grass' novel.

• Jan Marc M

  
  Disturbing and notorious, The Tin Drum introduces a three-year-old who opted to stay in infancy because of disenchantment with maturity. A controversial Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm recipient that covers the social, the political, and the historical in World War II, Germany and… More
  Disturbing and notorious, The Tin Drum introduces a three-year-old who opted to stay in infancy because of disenchantment with maturity. A controversial Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm recipient that covers the social, the political, and the historical in World War II, Germany and Poland. Strictly for mature audiences only.

• Anthony L

  
  Absurd but beautiful. Wonderfully directed by Schlondorff and an amazing turn from a young David Bennent. It?s a tough one to explain so I recommend you watch it!

• Randy T

  
  Notorious for once being banned in both Oklahoma City and Ontario, <i>The Tin Drum</i> chronicles one little boy's bizarre response to the bizarre world in which he resides. Oskar is a German child who's father might be his mother's husband or might be his… More
  Notorious for once being banned in both Oklahoma City and Ontario, <i>The Tin Drum</i> chronicles one little boy's bizarre response to the bizarre world in which he resides. Oskar is a German child who's father might be his mother's husband or might be his uncle Jan, who is actually his mother's cousin. At the age of three Oskar is so disenchanted with adults and their immoral behavior that he decides to stop growing. I can only assume that the scene in which Oskar, who is chronologically 16 but looks 3, played by an actor who was actually 11, has sex with a girl who is 16, played by an actress who was actually 21, is what sparked the controversy(?). Later, that same girl gives birth to a baby boy who might be Oskar's son or might be his brother. All this comes after Oskar is forced to drink toad soup that other kids have peed in. The whole plot is about as twisted as a Texas family tree. Can you believe that someone wanted to ban this stuff!?

• El Hombre I

  
  Visually stunning, with a fantastic story and world-class performances, this film is not for the weak of heart. But it is a truly amazing film. You may see certain things you're not used to seeing, but once you remember the theme of the story, one shouldn't be bothered by… More
  Visually stunning, with a fantastic story and world-class performances, this film is not for the weak of heart. But it is a truly amazing film. You may see certain things you're not used to seeing, but once you remember the theme of the story, one shouldn't be bothered by it at all. As you can most likely assume, The Tin Drum is a film that could very much be misinterpreted, as it was by certain folks in Oklahoma, who felt it was necessary to ban the film from the state's libraries and video rental stores. Hmm...didn't Nazi Germany ban certain books and film? I think it's kind of absurd to deem this in any way, shape, or form as child pornography. True, it's not a film for everyone's tastes, but to label it that way was so incredibly over the top. People have every right to label a film as anything, only they must watch the actual film first. <a href="http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/?action=view&current=thetindrum.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/thetindrum.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Stella D

  
  a great surreal adaptation of a wonderfully bizarre novel. i can't imagine anyone else in the part of oskar. covers about the first 2/3 of the book, which i also recommend :)

• Michael S

  
  This film really disturbs me, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a masterful and unforgetable piece of work.

• Michael G

  
  Incredibly great, bizarre and sometimes disturbing.

• Andrew F

  
  Though <i>The Tin Drum</i> is probably one of the strangest films I have ever seen, I still liked it for its ingenuity and humor.

• Ivan D

  
  Contrary to what many people say about this film, it was not that disturbing amidst the Nazisms involved, but there were sequences that disgusted me and left me in complete bewilderment that a question popped in my head while I watch this film: "What the hell am I watching?"… More
  Contrary to what many people say about this film, it was not that disturbing amidst the Nazisms involved, but there were sequences that disgusted me and left me in complete bewilderment that a question popped in my head while I watch this film: "What the hell am I watching?" Yes, it was about a boy silently rebelling about the madness around him, using his tin drum, but apart from that, the film did not connect with me in any way. "The Tin Drum" is virtually plotless, with successions of episodic scenes involving the enigmatic protagonist. The film contained great cinematography and music, but it was, overall, an emotionless viewing experience for me.

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