US/BRD/GB 1983, D: Bette Gordon, A: Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Luis Guzman, Nan Goldin, Richard Davidson, 97′, English OV, 35mm
Christine has financial problems and tries out a box office job in one of the numerous porn cinemas in New York City. There, she sits around screened in her pay booth, picks up impressions of the audience and smokes inside the lobby, while groans are echoing from the halls. Just when her life seems stable for once, her friend increasingly grows apart from her, all the more when she begins to admit her initially subliminal curiosity, immersing more and more into the porn world.
VARIETY is a film about solitude and desire, which inverts the perspective of classic US narrative cinema – the male gaze and women being looked at – at the same time.
| Fri 9.09. | Luru Kino in der Spinnerei |
| 8 pm | CINEMA SPACE & DESIRE Feminist film double with introduction regular: 6,5€ / reduced 5,5€ |
FR 2021, D: Bertrand Mandico, A: Elina Löwensohn, Christophe Bier, Ekaterina Ozhiganova, 37′, OV with English subtitles, 35mm, German premiere
Added to that comes DEAD FLASH, a crepuscular, surreal and sensitive trip. We see a succession of glam images: beat-up figures are wandering through dreamlike landscapes, until an (apelike) apparition of a model plays martyr and demiurge together with her photographer at a photo shooting. In a world of moving surfaces, they attempt to achieve something like grace.
| Thu 8 Sept | Luru Kino in der Spinnerei |
| 8 pm | Subsequent to Neptune Frost regular: 6,5€ / reduced 5,5€ |
RW/US 2021, D: Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman, A: Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, Dorcy Rugamba, 105′, OV with English subtitles, languages: Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili, French, English, DCP
In this afro-futurist vision, a mixture of sci-fi parable, punky costume musical and an offbeat romance with a queer twist, the directing duo Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman leads us in the mountainous jungle of Rwanda, where a collective of hackers tries to overthrow an authoritarian regime.
The labyrinthine narration is kept together by structures of dreams and political statements, in addition to that repeatedly songs by Williams that are like manifestos and with their portentous drums and mourning chants form the powerful, emotional heartbeat of the film. The exuberant costumes intertwine local myths and high-tech. NEPTUNE FROST wants a lot and is a lot, among other things an exuberant, anti-colonial call to arms.
| Thu 8 Sept | Luru Kino in der Spinnerei |
| 8 pm | With Dead Flash following regular: 6,5€ / reduced 5,5€ |
Once again, there’s no summer vacation for us, because the GEGENkino filmfest will again take place in the Autumn. More precisely: from September 8th – 18th. So instead of collecting skin cancer points at the Adriatic Sea, we have retreated to our darkened computer desks and are gawking our eyes out to make it an exciting festival for you. Therefore: Before you throw your suntan lotion into your backpack, quickly pull out the permanent marker and note the date in BOLD in your calendars. See you in the dark! Your GEGENkino
