Pabst

British  

/ paːpst /

noun

1. G ( eorge ) W ( ilhelm ). 1885–1967, German film director, whose films include Joyless Street (1925), Pandora's Box (1929), and The Last Act (1954)

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Example Sentences

The real-life Pabst, who returned to Europe after a disappointing sojourn in Hollywood, fell in readily with Hitler’s propaganda machine, to include directing “The White Hell of Pitz Palu” starring none other than future Third Reich filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.

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History may never know precisely why Pabst played along, and Kehlmann uses this uncertainty to great effect, inventing scenes juxtaposing art versus propaganda, sleekly privileged Nazis against frail prisoners, and historical truth with the chaos of dementia.

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You shot your special at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, you mentioned Anheuser-Busch in your special, your podcast is Madigan’s Pubcast…running a theme here?

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With the Pabst Theater, I had taped a special already there and they’re just the nicest people, the crew and everybody who works there.

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Later, Pabst declares, “Art is always out of place. Always unnecessary when it’s made. And later, when you look back, it’s the only thing that mattered.”

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