04.10.2024 | DR. CALIGARI (US 1989, Stephen Sayadian)




US 1989, D: Stephen Sayadian, A: Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris, Laura Albert, 80′, OV with English subtitles, DCP
As sexually deranged as it is stylistically unhinged, this psychedelic surrealist neo-noir reworking of the 1920 German expressionist classic features Laura Albert as Mrs Van Houten, a woman whose libido is dangerously out of control. With eye-popping set design from Stephen Sayadian, a luscious synth score courtesy of Mitchell Froom, not to mention acid-tongued dialogue written by Jerry Stahl, DR. CALIGARI drops a dirty bomb on Reagan era family values. Mining high art in bad taste, it parodies both mass media and pop culture through a roll call of staged citations and quotations as exquisitely framed as they are sexually charged.
Fri 4. Oct | UT Connewitz |
10 pm | Followed by a talk with Daniel Bird (author and curator) € 7 (6 reduced), together with CAFÉ FLESH € 12 (10 reduced) |