Has Anyone Ever Seen The Movie "The Tin Drum?"

[The Great Escape]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078875/

I've Probably Not Seen The Movie In About Twenty Plus Years. I Remember Being Fascinated By The Movie When I Was In High School. Seems Like It Was Quite Controversial. Does Anyone Else Have Any More Recent Memories Or Thoughts About This Movie?

[RagingInMiami]

1. I saw it as a kid

And it was weird, but intriguing.

[tuvor]

2. Wasn't it banned in some areas?

I remember being curious about it, but didn't get around to it. Maybe the subtitles made me shy away.

[Kire]

3. I saw it over somebody's shoulder in the Language Lab at my college...

...it was a lot better than studying for French.

Brilliant Movie

[AlCzervik]

4. oh lord yes, they played it all the time

when The Movie Channel just started out. Yuck. the eels....:puke:

[The Great Escape]

5. I Remember That More Than Anything! Seems Like There Was Also a Scene...

where the main charachter hid inside his grandmothers skirt.

[AlCzervik]

6. yeah and that kid was freaky.

[knowbody0]

7. i adore this film

breaking glass with his vocal chords. the butcher shop scenes. the poppy fields. awesome

[Patsy Stone]

8. Absolutely!

I've seen it several times, and it's stranger everytime I see it.

[Must_B_Free]

9. It showed Birth as I recall

I remember people fucking like animals

It was somewhat disturbing

I remember that little blonde kid screaming and playing his drum I think because he was ion such a horrible world.

[devilgrrl]

10. The book is waaaaaaaay better.

I saw the movie when I was still in high school and thought it was twisted. So much so, that I didn't want to read the book. Eventually I did and LOVED it! Then I rented the movie again to see how it compaired to the book... I still thought the movie was crap. Sorry, it didn't work for me.

[bobbieinok]

11. Religious right group in OKC wanted the video removed from public

library

student and parents at a conservative christian college in IL or IN sued the school because it was shown in German class.....'they sent their child to this school to avoid such movies'

the book by Gunther Grass was considered the best German novel to deal with the Nazi era

[autorank]

12. Read the book. It's 10 x's as good...just wonderful.