Otto; Or, Up With Dead People
by Bruce LaBruce
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Actor: Guido Sommer, Jey Crisfar, Katharina Klewinghaus, Marcel Schlutt, Susanne SachseDirector: Bruce LaBruce
Brand: REL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-10
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Strand Releasing
DVD Reviews of Otto; Or, Up With Dead People
DVD Review: Favorite DVD Thus Far In 2009
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, everything in the world may not be as good as we would like it to be per se but things are atleast off to a good start with DVD release of Otto. Sadly, we don't see many films like this in the theatres at all & rarely come accross them on DVD so Otto is indeed a real treat. If this one film is any real indication of some great things to expect in 2009, we are going to have a phenomenal year. Fingers crossed!
I must've stumbled across this gem of a film by accident but am I ever glad that I did. Otto has not secured a place in my heart but also in my DVD collection. It's been a long time since one film managed to work so many of my emotions & leave me satisfied completely before the credits roll. I laughed, I cried, & even found myself gasping for breath at time due to the intense zombie sex scenes.
I've never seen a Bruce LaBruce film before just recently. Honestly, I'd never read any of his works but now he has my undivided attention & I'm seriously considering one of his films as my next purchase. There is something about his style which I simply can't place my finger on but let's just say the man is extremely innovative so we can expect greatness from him in the near future. We could probably list anywhere from 5-10 films which deserve to be placed on the same as Otto but why watch that many movies to get the deserved effects of one?
LaBruce obviously is quite talented as well when it comes to genre bending & doesn't mind taking the experimental approach here. He has something very deep to say underneath the artsy silliness & weird montages we experience in the 90 some odd minutes. Perhaps he is reminding us of the horrendous acts committed against homosexuals & the utter lack of disrespect humans have for anyone living or dead.
Nevertheless, Otto is a touching piece of art indeed & certainly one of the most provocative stories you're apt to see all year long. At any rate, we are more than blessed to have been granted access to this film in any medium. Grab yourself a copy today!
Description of Otto; Or, Up With Dead People
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 02/10/09
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
Bruce LaBruce?s feature Otto; Or, Up With Dead People will either thrill or repulse, as it is tailored to the rather specific sexual tastes that this art film director has spent his career elucidating. Otto does, however, vary from pornographic past LaBruce fetish films such as The Raspberry Reich and Skin Gang in that Otto will appeal to camp horror experts and those interested in conceptual links between abjection, fashion, and desire. As LaBruce fans may suspect, Otto; Or, Up With Dead People has a far-fetched plot that exists seemingly to provide framework for his visual explorations of homosexual identity. In it, a young, sexy zombie, Otto (Jey Crisfar), wanders Berlin streets until filmmaker Medea Yarn (Katharina Klewinghaus), whose name is Maya Deren with a twist, casts Otto in her upcoming zombie flick. Paired with actor Fritz Fritze (Marcel Schlutt), the viewer wonders throughout if Otto is a true zombie or another actor amongst the several he is filmed with. In this, there is the constant meta-film, an external narrative that asks the viewer to assess one?s own willingness to believe in monsters. With the help of her brother/DP, Adolf (Guido Sommer), and her girlfriend, Hella Bent (Susanne Sachse), who appears only in vintage looking, black and white footage as if she?s a ghost transmitting from the past, Medea directs Otto in various insalubrious settings, such as the Berlin dump. The effect is humorous and extremely odd. Not until Otto dials up ex-boyfriend, Rudolf, to meet on a park bench does one begin to understand the roots of Otto?s past, which has led to existential crisis.
Structurally, the film is quite scenic and abstract, and its cool soundtrack, which includes CocoRosie and Antony and the Johnsons, reinforces the music video, Kenneth Anger aspect of this stylistic movie. Several times throughout, in fact, are mock mentions of the high fashion industry?s vampiric way of thieving style away from those who wear clothes as sincere expression. Zombie fashion, in Otto?s world, is totally in. While the plot falls in an out of focus, scenes lend a picturesque, dream-like setting to several recognizable Berlin hotspots, such as the abandoned amusement park, Spreewald, and the Badeschiff along the Spree River. This is to say that as much as Otto; Or, Up With Dead People is a horror film, it also captures and meditates on trends in current fashion and art communities. As mentioned before, there is less sex in this feature than in LaBruce?s previous, yet a warning should be issued that the erotic scenes in Otto are straight-up gruesome, porno-updates of Herschell Gordon Lewis?s Blood Feast and other gore fests. --Trinie Dalton
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