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The joys of Europe I

	Either/or: A Fragment of Life (Penguin Classics) by Soren Kierkegaard Buy new: £8.56 / Used from: £6.99 The godfather of existentialism and surprisingly readable! Makes far more sense that Jean-Paul Sartre & you can see where Beckett and Camus got ideas from....
	Beyond Good and Evil (Penguin Classics) by Friedrich Nietzsche Buy new: £5.38 / Used from: £2.50 He went nuts & was misread by the nazis...but still, a riveting read and probably the most popular philosopher in the world!
	Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke Buy new: £6.30 / Used from: £3.50 My favourite poet and an influence on films by Jean Cocteau & Wim Wenders...
	Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.49 Excellent epic from the writer of 'Death in Venice' & 'The Magic Mountain'; probably the best place to start with Mann....
	The Complete Short Stories (Vintage classics) by Franz Kafka Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.93 The three novels are great too, particularly 'The Castle' ; this includes 'The Judgement', 'In a Penal Colony' & 'Metamorphosis (The Transformation)'
	Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (Continuum Impacts) by Alfred Doblin Buy new: £9.79 / Used from: £8.37 This was later filmed for an epic TV-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder....
	Satie: Piano Works [Box Set] Buy new: £13.48 / Used from: £23.69 .................................
	Un Chien Andalou / L'Age d'Or [DVD] [1929] Buy new: £15.98 / Used from: £20.00 The classic, revolutionary work by Bunuel & Dali : LOOK INTO THE EYE, LOOK INTO THE EYE....
	The Jean Vigo Collection (2 disc Collector's Edition) [DVD] Buy new: £9.98 Features 'Zero de Conduite' & 'L'Atalante' - the former influenced 'If....' & the latter is simply one of the greatest films made...
	Les Amants [VHS] [1958] Buy used from: £8.25 Wonderful early work from Louis Malle & the French New Wave - as dreamlike as Cocteau in parts. This needs to be put on DVD.....
	Last Year In Marienbad [DVD] [1961] Buy new: £6.28 Excellent reissue of mindbender from Alain Resnais & Alain Robbe-Grillet....
	Le Mepris [DVD] [1963] Buy used from: £13.75 Brilliant early feature from Jean-Luc Godard, featuring Bardot & Fritz Lang....
	The Essential Nina Rota Film Music Collection by Prague Philharmonic Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £7.99 Excellent compilation of music featured in several films by Federico Fellini.....
	The Leopard [1963] [DVD] Buy new: £12.78 / Used from: £9.00 Visconti's masterpiece and another of the greatest films made. A huge influence on Martin Scorsese.....
	The Best Of Bardot by Brigitte Bardot Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £3.00 Great compilation of Bardot's chanson-years, featuring several songs written by Serge Gainsbourg....
	The Gospel According To St. Matthew [1967] [DVD] Buy new: £5.88 / Used from: £8.79 Pasolini's Christ-film, later mimicked by 'The Last Temptation of Christ' & 'The Passion of the Christ'
	Minimum - Maximum by Kraftwerk Buy new: £11.68 / Used from: £8.77 Old Kraftwerk songs from the 1970s and 1980s given an update: The Model, Trans Europe Express, The Man Machine, Autobahn, Tour De France etc....
	Fanny And Alexander [DVD] [1982] Buy used from: £46.18 Ingmar Bergman's epic farewell to cinema and his most enjoyable film - less miserable than Persona, The Silence & Through the Glass Darkly....
	Nostalgia [DVD] [1983] Tarkovsky's post-exile work and always interesting....
	Heimat [DVD] [1984] by Heimat Buy used from: £249.99 Brilliant TV-series from Edgar Reitz, opening in 1919 and leading to the post-war years. Followed by Heimats 2 & 3....
	Wings Of Desire [1987] [DVD] Buy used from: £6.99 One of Wenders' two great works in the 1980s - the other being 'Paris, Texas'
	Dekalog - The Ten Commandments - Parts 6-10 [DVD] [1988] Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £11.25 Kieslowksi's excellent TV-series that spawned two features, 'A Short Film About Killing' & 'A Short Film About Love'
	Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares by Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £4.00 .......................
	The Kingdom [DVD] [1996] Buy used from: £25.99 Lars Von Trier's hilariously demented TV series....
	Memories of a Color by Stina Nordenstam Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £3.80 .........................