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Berlin Now (1985)
59 min | Documentary, Music

Berlin Now (1985)

59 min | Documentary, Music

BERLIN NOW, by Wolfgang Büld, takes a trip through the bizarre tapestry of what was once West Berlin - a city riddled with empty lots and free space and surrounded by a wall. Berlin embodied a culture of its own, one which resisted the ...See moreBERLIN NOW, by Wolfgang Büld, takes a trip through the bizarre tapestry of what was once West Berlin - a city riddled with empty lots and free space and surrounded by a wall. Berlin embodied a culture of its own, one which resisted the whitewash that politicians and city officials are so fond of administering in the name of "cultivation". BERLIN NOW is a documentary, a musical journey and an exploration of underground culture in 80s West Berlin - a trip, a whirl of images, a celebration of the music beyond the mainstream. With Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mona Mur, and FM Einheit. This was a city with a singularly strange attraction to the "rubble aesthetic" that was perhaps a last echo of Romanticism's preoccupation with ruins. The camera takes in some of West Berlin's most well known landmarks, some of which are truly grotesque. For example the ICC center for trade fairs, whose space age aesthetic tries to be groovy but ended up square - a style that to this day typifies the "new" Berlin. Sometimes the camera lingers on a well known city trademark and makes it look like a wonderful new discovery. The film comes back again and again to the Berlin sounds and musicians who make them, and rightly so. For they accurately describe the old "West" - inhospitable and raw as it was - as a space where living and creating could exist side by side. BERLIN NOW delivers what the title promises, a slice of time, a snap shot of Berlin during the wall. With Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mona Mur, and FM Einheit. See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Jochen Arbeit Self (as Die Haut) Self (as Die Haut) See fewer	The Last Light (2014)
Blixa Bargeld Self Self See fewer	Wings of Desire (1987)
Sprung aus den Wolken Themselves Themselves See fewer	Berlin Now (1985)
Christoph Dreher Self (as Die Haut) Self (as Die Haut) See fewer	Lost in Music (1992)
Einstürzende Neubauten Themselves Themselves See fewer	Heat (1995)
FM Einheit Self (as Einstürzende Neubauten) Self (as Einstürzende Neubauten) See fewer	Heat (1995)
Alexander Hacke Self (as Einstürzende Neubauten) Self (as Einstürzende Neubauten) See fewer	The Cut (I) (2014)
Die Haut Themselves Themselves See fewer	Wings of Desire (1987)
Matador Themselves Themselves See fewer	Berlin Now (1985)
Mona Mur Self Self See fewer	Head-On (2004)
Paul Outlaw Self (as Die Haut) Self (as Die Haut) See fewer	Black Rider (1993)
Remo Park Self (as Die Haut) Self (as Die Haut) See fewer	Berlin Now (1985)
Santrrra Themselves Themselves See fewer	Berlin Now (1985)
Die Schlampen Themselves Themselves See fewer	Berlin Now (1985)
N.U. Unruh Self (as Einstürzende Neubauten) Self (as Einstürzende Neubauten) See fewer	Heat (1995)
Mike Vamp Self Self See fewer	Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars (1986)
Thomas Wydler Self (as Die Haut) Self (as Die Haut) See fewer	Wings of Desire (1987)