ERICH STROHEIM IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY
Erich Stroheim was a child of his places and his times, before he was a filmmaker who left his mark through his own unique brand of authorship. An Austrian, first and foremost, who grew up in late-19th century Vienna, a city which stimulated him with originality, with the experimentation with new lan-guages which are at one with the artist who creates them, and with a Habsburgian myth which was gradually decaying.