This October, the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles will host the touring exhibition Brilliant Dilletantes – Subculture in Germany in the 1980s.

Curated by Mathilde Weh, (Visual Arts, Goethe-Institut, Munich), this multimedia exhibition presents the most comprehensive survey of German subculture of the 1980’s to date and includes, photos, posters, albums and cassettes, as well videos and an interactive sound station offering samples music from the bands Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft/D.A.F., Der Plan, Die Tödliche Doris, Einstürzende Neubauten, Freiwillig Selbstkontrolle/ F.S.K., Ornament und Verbrechen, and Palais Schaumburg.

Preceding the exhibition’s opening, documentary, experimental, and feature films focusing on this era of artistic freedom will be presented at the Goethe-Institut.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE OF CHARGE. ALL FILMS ARE IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Location

GOETHE-INSTITUT
5750 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Tickets FREE OF CHARGE

Information:

323.525.3388 or http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/los/ver/en14689150v.htm

Die letzte Rache (The last revenge)
Germany (BRD), 1982, 89 min., digital., Dir.: Rainer Kirberg
Cast: Erwin Leder, Andreas Dorau
Music: Der Plan.

First broadcast in 1982 on West Germany’s second TV channel (ZDF) “Die Letzte Rache” rapidly achieved cult status amongst film connoisseurs throughout Europe, Japan and the USA. Kirberg’s film narrates the eventful tale of the adventurer known only as “The Worldly,” who enters the service of an ageing ruler in order to seek for him a successor. Unable to find a worthy heir, the Worldly succumbs to the temptation to seize power himself. The ruler, however, thwarts his plan and uses the Worldly, by means of a scientific experiment, to attain immortality. The Worldly wreaks vengeance by laying the ruler’s kingdom to waste – thereby preparing the ground for unforeseen intrigue: the ruler’s son and daughter, united in incestuous love, take revenge for the inheritance denied them by subjecting their now immortal father to everlasting pain and suffering. Even in the more than twenty years following its first showing, The Last Revenge has continued to attract new audiences, thanks to the film’s exceptional blend of expressionist character drama, comic strip, film noir and pop musical. This presentation of the director’s cut includes additional film music by the German avant-garde group “Der Plan.”