Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the press, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargaine... Tout lireIn a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the press, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the press, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.
- Prix
- 1 victoire et 3 nominations
- Wechselschichtregisseur
- (as Andreas Mannkopf)
- Polizeiärztin
- (as Ute Fitz-Koska)
- Polizist
- (as Hans-Eckhardt Eckhardt)
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Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThis was the final acting role for Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
- GaffesThe movie claims 27 September 1989 to be a Monday, but that day was a Wednesday (The movie plays in 1989, as the title and a spoken intro make clear. The supposed explosion in the beginning of the movie was planned to take place on September 23, as Jansen points out. The chief of the police then urges Jansen to solve the case within for days, saying "until Monday afternoon," which would be September 27).
- Citations
Policewoman: Suicide
Polizeileutnant Jansen: It would be the first in four years.
Policewoman: Sorry, I meant 'premature death.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Fassbinder (2015)
The soundtrack is entirely original and is penned by Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream. I am assuming that was not cheap for the producers to arrange.
With a good cast, good soundtrack, you have what appears to be a good futuristic sci fi script. An antihero cop and his partner are called in to organize an evacuation of the building for the most important corporation in the country (or world, was a little fuzzy of how far it reached). The bomb threat turns out to be a hoax, then things get twisted and confusing. I'd describe the story has having half devils battling half angels except you can't tell if they are fighting themselves or there really is a certain opposition. The film ends with major events not appearing on film. In fact, the film feels like it's missing most of the third act before coming to an abrupt conclusion. You sort of have closure during the very end but the exposition is coming from a news broadcast. It could have been thrown on in post production just to save the project and get it rushed to release in time to still cash in on the international success of Blade runner (both are futuristic sci fi stories but Blade Runner debuted a month before this), or perhaps to capitalize on the untimely death of Fassbinder who died unexpectedly 6 weeks before this film was released.
Regardless of the reasons, you get what might have been a complex story, well acted and brought to life via an interesting plot and without the need for cheap special effects. Alas, you get the pretense of a good story and are stuck trying to piece together the events in the second and third acts. It's a chore.
I've watched this several times. I, like most I imagine, was drawn to this movie if only to see the type of film project Fassbinder would simply act in without much more creative input. The film looked like it was trying to follow the same approach of Fassbinder sci fi experiments like World on a Wire. Maybe if Kamikaze '89 were almost three and a half hours long to explain what the heck is happening like World On A Wire is then perhaps things would be different. Instead, good luck with the 106 minutes you get.
- vonnoosh
- 3 janv. 2016
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Détails
Box-office
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 22 440 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 5 613 $ US
- 5 juin 2016
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 22 440 $ US