Episode 721: Kamikaze 89 (1982)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Dive into a neon-drenched dystopia as Mike is joined by Chris Stachiw and Heather Drain to dissect Kamikaze 89! This cult oddity, directed by Wolf Grem, is the fifth adaptation of Per Wahlöö's Murder on the 31st Floor, but this version catapults the narrative into the "futuristic" world of 1989. Together, the team explores the film’s avant-garde aesthetic, its sly satire on media and power, and the iconic performance of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in a leopard-print suit. It’s a wild ride through West German sci-fi that defies convention and genre.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Andrew! The police lot of the star.
0:48.3	The police lot of the star.
0:50.3	Ah! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. What, Peter?
1:05.5	The entire of our organization has it ever
1:07.7	no morning gave.
1:09.2	Must you really?
1:10.5	Do you really? No. organization has no no no any more has been not you know must you
1:13.7	no,
1:14.0	no,
1:14.8	Rasminder
1:15.2	You have
1:18.0	been in
1:18.8	this case
1:19.2	has been
1:19.2	yet,
	...

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