{"id":2385,"date":"2012-07-25T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2012-07-31T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T12:02:30","slug":"the-legend-of-kaspar-hauser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/07\/25\/the-legend-of-kaspar-hauser\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of Kaspar Hauser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davide Manuli&#8217;s <I>The Legend of Kaspar Hauser<\/I> (<I>La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser<\/I>, 2012) is a re-imagining of the story of the 19th-century man who appeared from nowhere claiming to have had no previous contact with society as a techno Western starring Vincent Gallo and featuring music by Vitalic. It screened on 6 July 2012 at Hackney Picturehouse as part of the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.eastendfilmfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">East End Film Festival<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp01.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2385]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp01.jpg?resize=474%2C607\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Legend of Kaspar Hauser - page 1\" width=\"474\" height=\"607\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp01.jpg?resize=594%2C761 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp01.jpg?resize=300%2C384 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp01.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp02.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2385]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp02.jpg?resize=474%2C618\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Legend of Kaspar Hauser - page 2\" width=\"474\" height=\"618\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp02.jpg?resize=594%2C775 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp02.jpg?resize=300%2C391 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp02.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp03.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2385]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp03.jpg?resize=474%2C626\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Legend of Kaspar Hauser - page 3\" width=\"474\" height=\"626\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp03.jpg?resize=594%2C784 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp03.jpg?resize=300%2C396 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp03.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp04.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2385]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp04.jpg?resize=474%2C705\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Legend of Kaspar Hauser - page 4\" width=\"474\" height=\"705\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp04.jpg?resize=594%2C884 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp04.jpg?resize=300%2C446 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kasp04.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">For more information on Claude Trollope-Curson, go to the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.gronkcomics.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gronk Comics website<\/A>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davide Manuli&#8217;s <I>The Legend of Kaspar Hauser<\/I> (<I>La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser<\/I>, 2012) is a re-imagining of the story as a techno Western.<br \/>\n<I><B>Comic strip review by Claude Trollope-Curson<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,1,12,6],"tags":[146,462,464,241,463,388],"class_list":["post-2385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-cinema-releases","category-comic-strip-reviews","category-festivals","tag-italian-cinema","tag-kaspar-hauser","tag-techno-music","tag-vincent-gallo","tag-vitalic","tag-weird-westerns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-Ct","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2007\/05\/29\/lunacy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2385,"position":0},"title":"LUNACY","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"May 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Having trashed his hotel room in the throes of this dream, Berlot is rescued by the 'Marquis', whose anachronistic costume and tendency to gales of insane laughter go largely unremarked by those around him. 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