Otto; or, Up With Dead People
Bruce LaBruce
Canada–Germany
2008
He is cute, he is more than cute, he is a divine zombie.
93", N/A
Color and Black & White, English – German
about the film
Otto; or, Up With Dead People is a modern fable about the loneliness, emptiness, and alienation that results from rampant consumerism and materialism under advanced capitalism. The film’s main character is Otto, a young zombie. Otto is first seen on a remote highway, not knowing where he came from or where he’s going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent and brother Adolf. Meanwhile, Medea is trying to finish ‘Up with Dead People’, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star Fritz Fritze, to allow Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that there is a wallet in his back pocket that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember a few details, including memories of his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf… As always, Bruce LaBruce says everything in his own terms, and as always, to shocking effect.
about the director
Born in Canada in 1964, Bruce LaBruce is a writer, filmmaker, and photographer based in Toronto. His early films Boy/Girl (1987) and Slam! (1992) helped launch the so-called Homocore or Queercore movement. His first feature length film No Skin Off My Ass (1991) was followed by festival circuit favorites 8 ½ (1994), Hustler White (1996) and Raspberry Reich (2004). In 1998, as well shooting his first legitimate “porn” movie, LaBruce expanded into several new areas as a photographer, and columnist in well known magazines.
awards
2008 Sundance Film Festival
Berlin Film Festival
Paris Film Festival
screenings
| February 21 Thursday, 10:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1 |
| February 23 Saturday, 10:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1 |
credits
- Director
- Bruce LaBruce
- Screenplay
- Bruce LaBruce
- Cinematography
- James Carman
- Editing
- Jörn Hartmann
- Cast
- Jey Crisfar, Katharina Klewinghaus, Susanne Sachsse, Marcel Schlutt, Guido Sommer
- Producer
- Jürgen Brüning, Jörn Hartmann, Michael Huber
- Production Co.
- Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion
- Distribütör
- Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion Luckauer Str. 3, 10969 Berlin, Kreuzberg Tel: 030 69 56 91 56 Fax: 030 61 49 31 5 E-mail: anger@snafu.de
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