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THE LOST GIRL.(Lilya 4-Ever)(Movie Review)

The New Yorker

| April 21, 2003 | Lane, Anthony | COPYRIGHT 2003 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Do not be late for "Lilya 4-Ever,"or you will miss the most extraordinary noise. It is the first noise that we hear, and certainly the loudest, as the soundtrack reverberates to the churn of a heavy-metal band. Not just any old heavy metal but German heavy metal--a group called Rammstein, whose lead singer hurls the words "Mein Herz brennt"("My heart burns”) as if they were thunderbolts. If the god Wotan got caught in an overhead power cable, this is what he would sound like. The bizarre thing is that, when the same track plays again, at the movie's end, we are no longer deafened by it but stirred. No offense to Guns N' Roses, Metallica, or the fragrant Megadeth, ...

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