In keeping with the theme of this month’s issue, April’s EXBlicks presents Rosa von Praunheim’s 1983 classic CITY OF LOST SOULS, showcasing the cult director’s early-era low-budget and campy style as applied to the edgy nightlife of West Berlin in a musical about a group of misfits (sexually, gender-wise and other) who work at Hamburger Queen. Starring transsexual performer Angie Stardust, transsexual punk legend Jayne County and a host of Americans speaking German with terrible accents,...
In keeping with the theme of this month’s issue, April’s EXBlicks presents Rosa von Praunheim’s 1983 classic CITY OF LOST SOULS, showcasing the cult director’s early-era low-budget and campy style as applied to the edgy nightlife of West Berlin in a musical about a group of misfits (sexually, gender-wise and other) who work at Hamburger Queen. Starring transsexual performer Angie Stardust, transsexual punk legend Jayne County and a host of Americans speaking German with terrible accents, City presents more configurations of sexuality and gender than you can shake a sequined dress at, all while exploring West Berlin as a newly hip and international city. Communist TV stars, voodoo magic, a spiderweb sex lair and more, all laden with some sharp political commentary, await you in an underground romp through the Mauerstadt. Join us, in cooperation with realeyz. tv, for a screening of the film with English subs and an appearance by Von Praunheim himself to field the Q&A. And, of course, complimentary wine.