So why Rilke, and why now? To answer that, NYU News turned to Ulrich Baer, a University Professor of Comparative Literature, German, and English who is widely recognized as an expert on Rilke’s life and writing. In this biting and poignant satire, a 10-year-old boy wrestles with nationalism and anti-Semitism as he comes of age in the closing months of WWII in Hitler’s Germany. The best-selling Austrian poet and novelist’s poem “Go to the Limits of Your Longing” and the letter “Requiem for a Friend”-a tribute to painter Paula Modersohn-Becker-take a star turn in Jojo Rabbit, which has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Auden), or Raisin in the Sun (Langston Hughes).Īnd this year, it’s Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) turn. Verses have been adapted as film titles ( The White Cliffs of Dover, Casey at the Bat, Howl), served as their centerpiece ( Dead Poets Society), or were the catalyst for a poignant scene or powerful narrative, as in Sophie’s Choice (borrowing from Emily Dickinson), Four Weddings and a Funeral (W.H. Newswise - This Oscars season-to the delight of English teachers everywhere, perhaps-we’re taking stock of all the ways poetry makes it onto the big screen.
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