The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser / Bruno S. by John A. A. Logan
Just returning from a very late night walk (less traffic, less exhaust fumes to consume, less people…yes, more slow-trawling police cars checking you out as you walk, which is aggravating, but still we are not at the stage of Ray Bradbury’s “Pedestrian” yet where any lone strollers will be picked up off the pavement by a robotic police car and spirited away)…anyway, as I was saying, just back from a very late night walk finishing on a hill, I sat down in my sweat and turned on the TV, Freeview Channel 15, to see that a film was just beginning, the titles still on the screen… The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser… I had heard of this 1974 film over the years but never seen it. I knew it was directed by Werner Herzog. Herzog’s film, Aguirre, Wrath of God, has always haunted me a little… Bruno Schleinstein plays Kaspar Hauser in the film. A 41-year-old self-taught street musician and forklift driver, son of a prostitute, and a beaten child who had spent most of his youth, 23 year...