21 JUMP STREET. Knob jokes make me laugh, what else can I say.
DER FAN. Early 80s erotomania a go go from German. This film follows a teenage girl's obsession with R, an electro pop star with a fascist clothing fetish and sharp cheek bones. Mostly told in voice over, the early stages of the film are wonderfully flat as the girl vocalises her love of R and attacks postmen for not delivering letters from him. There is something incredibly banal about these scenes that conflict with the girls inner life and increasing detachment from the world. The scenes don't feel as if they have been created to reflect the girl's detachment but are rather filmed this way to counter balance the full on erotic horror of the films lovingly shot necro ending. These are truly great scenes, silent, long and finally showing the girl's inner and outer worlds melded together.
The downside to the film is that the UK release is dubbed which isn't too bad as most of the film is told by the girl's voice over but frustrating as the viewer, unless they speak German, has no idea as to the lyrics of R's songs which play an important part in the girl's delusional world. Worth renting or buying if you see it cheap.
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