Kamikaze '89

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Alain E This is a graphic novel futuristic movie that retains its entertaining value 40 years after its release and Fassbinder’s death. The hero is a chain smoking police detective dressed in a leopard patterned civilian suit. Thankfully the images are restored and we can appreciate the colors, angles and illumination. Our attention is sustained except maybe five, ten minutes before the end. Then, there is an ingenious finale with the hero having a sexual encounter with Neil Armstrong’s image on the moon as Richard Nixon delivers a speech. So, not a remake of the Maltese Falcon. If anarchism in movie making is not your thing, stay away. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/25/24 Full Review Audience Member A movie worth seeing for none other that three main reasons: The absurdist exercise in retrofuturism. The drunkenly charming performance of Fassbinder. The colorful anarchism of a production design that rewrites all the rules of what was then known as cyberpunk. The movie with his unbridled and convoluted plot owes way more to William Burroughs than William Gibson. The satire, in this unique cinematographic experience is more a direction chosen by director Wolf Gremm, than a clearly defined series of remarks that one can extract or decipher in the script. It is certainly witty and doesn't take itself seriously but you will hardly find any classically intended humour in the short and surreal lines of the actors. However this is the true strength of the movie and what allows it, to stand the test of time. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member no se de que trata pero dice kamikaze Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member this is 1 sweet-ass vision of the future right here. like a really gay STRANGE DAYS filtered through with ALPHAVILLE. wasn't sure how much was futuristic costume and set design or just germany in 1982. my schoolboy german just about got me through it. Fassbinder is, as ever, brilliant. now i just wish that he and ollie reed had starred together. just imagine how twotted Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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