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Berlin Now (1985) Online
Original Title :
Berlin Now
Genre :
Movie / Documentary / Music
Year :
1985
Directror :
Wolfgang Büld,Sissy Kelling
Cast :
Jochen Arbeit,Blixa Bargeld,Christoph Dreher
Type :
Movie
Time :
59min
Rating :
7.6/10
Berlin Now (1985) Online

BERLIN NOW, by Wolfgang Büld, takes a trip through the bizarre tapestry of what was once West Berlin - a city riddled with empty lots and free space and surrounded by a wall. Berlin embodied a culture of its own, one which resisted the whitewash that politicians and city officials are so fond of administering in the name of "cultivation". BERLIN NOW is a documentary, a musical journey and an exploration of underground culture in 80s West Berlin - a trip, a whirl of images, a celebration of the music beyond the mainstream. With Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mona Mur, and FM Einheit. This was a city with a singularly strange attraction to the "rubble aesthetic" that was perhaps a last echo of Romanticism's preoccupation with ruins. The camera takes in some of West Berlin's most well known landmarks, some of which are truly grotesque. For example the ICC center for trade fairs, whose space age aesthetic tries to be groovy but ended up square - a style that to this day typifies ...
Credited cast:
Jochen Arbeit Jochen Arbeit - Himself (as Die Haut)
Blixa Bargeld Blixa Bargeld - Himself
Christoph Dreher Christoph Dreher - Himself (as Die Haut)
Einstürzende Neubauten Einstürzende Neubauten
FM Einheit FM Einheit - Himself (as Einstürzende Neubauten)
Alexander Hacke Alexander Hacke - Himself (as Einstürzende Neubauten)
Mona Mur Mona Mur - Herself
Paul Outlaw Paul Outlaw - Himself (as Die Haut)
Remo Park Remo Park - Himself (as Die Haut)
N.U. Unruh N.U. Unruh - Himself (as Einstürzende Neubauten)
Mike Vamp Mike Vamp - Himself
Thomas Wydler Thomas Wydler - Himself (as Die Haut)