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'Schlingensief's relationship with the New German Cinema has always been highly ambivalent. On the one hand, he recognises that it originated as a radical left-wing departure that unafraid of addressing specifically German concerns… The trouble with the New German Cinema, for Schlingensief, was that it soon lost its radical edge and developed a melancholic obsession with national guilt.' DAH

The last survivors of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film crew gather to make the last New German Film: a remake of Pier Paolo Pasolini's notorious Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom 1975. Set in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz (then the largest construction site in Europe), Schlingensief's absurd homage and parody of the German cultural heritage is complete with appearances from figures from German film, TV and theatre scenes. Many actors, contributors and cultural icons appear as themselves, with some dead personalities resurrected for a final coup de grâce on New German Cinema.

Ages 18+