The West Is Alive [690648] Released: 1984-07-19 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 4 mins Popularity: 0.045 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: The West is alive (Der Westen Lebt) is a highly charged work, a powerful visual metaphor of desire within the symbolism of Western cultural mythology. A man and a woman fighting for a kiss collide on-screen with a repeated film fragment of the thrusting pistons of an oncoming train. The couple's erotic interplay is at once passionate, violent and ironic. Cast [1] Heike-Melba Fendel Trailers