"Hitler must have committed suicide after he found a skinny Jewish kid from Brooklyn stomped on his top hat."

October 29, 2002 10:45 AM

"Hitler must have committed suicide after he found a skinny Jewish kid from Brooklyn stomped on his top hat." The story of a Jewish G.I. that stole a tophat from Hitler's Munich apartment is the latest documentary vehicle by noted independent filmmaker, Jeff Krulik. Famous for "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", Krulik will be viewing "Hitler's Hat" at the MOMA in December. You can read current interviews with the artist here and here, or view his movies in quicktime and realplayer format here. Unfamiliar with his work? Start with these two shorts.
posted by machaus (5 comments total)

I remember when HMPL was being passed around like samizdat. Glad to see Krulik's doing well.
posted by hackly_fracture at 12:28 PM on October 29, 2002

Pre-emptive Godwin!

Frankly, Hitler's Hat sounds like one of those polite swear words, like Great Leaping Jehosaphat!

"Mr. Smith, it turns out your laptop was in the FedEx truck that burned up today."

{beat}

"Hitler's Hat! You've got to be kidding."
posted by dhartung at 1:54 PM on October 29, 2002

Wow great films! Hours of Quicktime entertainment.
posted by stbalbach at 2:58 PM on October 29, 2002

What a great story! A reminder that sometimes the "sideshows of the big show" are often the most interesting.
posted by tommyspoon at 5:04 AM on October 30, 2002

Nice story. Also good is the story of Hitler's bathtub, and the photo(s) from that adventure.

Which, now that I think about it, I first read on MeFi, thanks to vacapinta.
posted by LeLiLo at 8:45 PM on October 30, 2002