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Jürgen Knieper (born 14 March 1941) is a German film score composer. Born in Karlsruhe, he was educated at Berlin's State High School of Music. Career. He began working for director Wim Wenders with his 1972 film The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty. For Wenders' 1975 film The Wrong Move, Knieper won the German Film Award for Best Music.
Jürgen Knieper (* 14. März 1941 in Karlsruhe) ist ein deutscher Pianist und Komponist von Filmmusik.
Mar 14, 2016 · Der Pianist und Filmkomponist Jürgen Knieper kann auf ein umfangreiches Werk zurückblicken: Von ihm stammen unter anderem die Titelmelodien der Serien Lindenstraße und Praxis am Bülowbogen.
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In Northern California, as pre-teen Tim throws his sister's doll into a river, he sees a teenager, John, smoking on the other side, next to the naked corpse of his girlfriend Jamie. Shortly after, Tim is playing an arcade game at a convenience store where he sees John being refused the sale of beer. While John is arguing with the cashier, Tim steal...
Film scholar Emanuel Levy writes that the film "addresses the alienation and moral vacancy among American kids growing up in a drug-oriented, valueless culture. River's Edge has the disturbing quality of a collective fear—the cherished, eagerly awaited adolescence is presented as confusing and vacuous. Unlike most 1980s teenage sex comedies, this f...
Conception
While the screenplay is fiction, it draws from the November 3, 1981, murder of Marcy Renee Conrad, who was raped and strangled by Anthony Jacques Broussard in Milpitas, California. Broussard bragged about the crime, showing the body to at least 13 different people; despite this, the crime went unreported for two days. Screenwriter Neal Jimenez was taking screenwriting courses at the University of California, Los Angeles at the time of Conrad's murder, and said he based the script partially on...
Casting
River's Edge was the first major film for many of its actors, including Roebuck and Skye. Of casting Reeves, casting director Carrie Frazier recalled: "He walked in the door, and I went, 'Oh my god, this is my guy!' It was just because of the way he held his body—his shoes were untied, and what he was wearing looked like a young person growing into being a man. I was over the moon about him." Skye was cast in the film after a casting director saw a photo of her with her brother, Donovan Leitc...
Filming
Hunter originally wanted to shoot the film in Los Angeles, but instead opted to shoot near Sacramento because it had natural locations more conducive to the screenplay. The crew arrived to shoot scenes along the American River, but were forced to leave due to a major flood. Hunter settled on shooting the film in Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles, a community in the foothills above Burbank. Filming took place from January to March 1986. Hunter said, "It was an area where people with tuberculosis co...
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 1986. Producer Midge Sanford recalled the screening leaving the audience divided: "Some executives from a small distribution company wouldn't look at us [after a festival screening]. People either embraced it or were very put off by it. It didn't get picked up right away...
River's Edge received largely positive reviews from critics. It holds an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 42 reviews with the consensus: "A harrowing tale of aimless youth, River's Edge generates considerable tension and urgency thanks to strong performances from a stellar cast including Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves and Ione Skye." M...
The film's soundtrack, released in 1987 by Enigma Records, features various thrash metal, reggae, and punk tracks.
River's Edge was released on VHS in 1987 by Embassy Home Entertainment. On January 23, 2001, a DVD was released by MGM Home Entertainment in its "Avant-Garde Cinema" series. A Blu-ray was released by Kino Lorberon January 13, 2015.
Levy, Emanuel (1999). Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-814-75289-0.Pfeil, Fred (1990). "The Flâneur at River's Edge; or, a Cruise of the Strip". Another Tale to Tell: Politics and Narrative in Postmodern Culture. Verso. ISBN 978-0-860-91992-6.Lebeau, Vicky (1991). "'You're My Friend': River's Edge and Social Spectatorship". Camera Obscura. 25–6: 251–72.
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Jürgen Knieper was born on March 14, 1941 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Wrong Move (1975) and Christiane F. (1981).
Jürgen Knieper was born on 14 March 1941 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Wrong Move (1975) and Christiane F. (1981).
