DAILY NEWS: German Festivals and Lardner Jr. Diesby Eugene Hernandez and Anthony Kaufman/indieWIRE>>Blitzkrieg! German Fests Take NY and LAAfter Tom Tykwer's "Run Lola Run" sprinted to the box office finish line last year (becoming the second highest-grossing German film ever in the United States), the rise of German cinema has been on the minds of the film industry -- especially the German one -- eager to keep the pace in high gear. Two completely separate film festivals starting this week in the U.S. -- one in Los Angeles, one in New York -- are lending credibility to this supposed Germany film revitalization, but in very different styles.M...
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