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Steppenwolf (1974)
involving, beautiful, stands well apart from the book
19 January 2013 - 5 out of 12 users found this review helpful.
I've never "liked" Hesse, probably because his concerns seemed middle-aged, middle-class, and specifically European... when I first read him...in the 70s, when I was a young Northern Californian, starting to make a living in a rich graphic/photographic advertising community.
Decades later, in this film, Hesse anticipated one of my own possible futures. I hope never to be as completely alone as von Sydow's character and I thank Fortune for several mini-lifetimes with my own Dominique Sandas (will another one find me?).
Should I read the book? I have many reading priorities and the film may be sufficient...this may be von Sydow's best...I want to revisit it.
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