The Tin Drum ~ Original Theatrical Release [Import, All-region] (1979)

Danzig, Germany, 1924. Oskar Matzerath is born with an intellect beyond his infancy. As he witnesses the hypocrisy of adulthood and the irresponsibility of society, Oskar rejects both, and, at his third birthday, refuses to grow older. Caught in a baffling state of perpetual childhood, Oskar lashes out at all he surveys with piercing screams and frantic poundings on his tin drum, while the unheeding, chaotic world marches onward to the madness and folly of World War II. Honored with the Palme dOr at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and the 1979 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language film, Volker Schlöndorffs The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) is a truly visionary adaptation of Nobel laureate Günter Grass acclaimed novel, an unforgettable fantasia of surreal imagery, striking eroticism, and unflinching satire. Product Description

 I beg to differ....
I think this is one of the best films ever made. Criterion Collection agrees making it one of their prime international selections. Foreign films are like scotch; you have to develop a taste. And if you don't, no one will ever convince you scotch is more than distilled bathwater. October 29, 2007

 Absolutely the worst movie ever made in the history of mankind.
Hands down, bar-none, nothing else even close, this is the single worst movie ever made by the hands of man. It makes no sense beginning to end, it's imagery is insane, there's nothing but kids peeing all over the place, a screaming young boy who has sex with grown women, incredibly gross scenes of people puking in vivid color (often) and need we even mention the severed horse head filled with squirming eels?

This isn't a war movie, this isn't a Third Reich movie, this is some insane foreign film guy's crazy nightmare. You'd have to pay me $500 bucks to watch this thing again, and even then, I'm not sure I could handle it. No kidding, this is the most horrible movie I've ever seen, and I've seen a whole lot of movies! Be warned, this will cause you a lot of distress! October 23, 2007

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