Good things at the movie theaters: |8|16|35| HoF Classics on Film

    |8|16|35| HoF Classics on Film

    Die Reihe |8|16|35| zelebriert HoF Classics on Film als einzigartige Momente im Kino. Einst war das analoge Format technischer Standard, heute gestaltet sich dieses Programm als eine wahre Trüffelsuche in den Archiven dieser Welt. Wir freuen uns auf einen wilden Ritt mit den folgenden Filmen, die Kinogeschichte geschrieben haben:

    Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens - Poster 1

    BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA VIXENS
    Direction: Russ Meyer, 14th Hof International Film Festival, 1980

    In a quirky Smalltown USA, Levonna and Lamar's steamy romance is derailed by Lamar's bizarre pursuits. Amid absurdity and sexual misadventures, they grapple with desires and dreams, showcasing a surreal blend of love and comedy in a world bursting with cravings.

    Talentprobe - Poster 1

    TALENTPROBE
    Direction: Peter Goedel, 14th Hof International Film Festival, 1980

    Shot in the summer of 1979 at a public event in Cologne’s Rheinpark, this documentary shows Udo Werner’s ‘talent contest for everyone’, as well as concerts by Udo Jürgens and a Beatles revival band, among others. The talents face a crowd of 5,000 people armed with whistles, hooters, and other equipment, who demonstrate their displeasure loudly and mercilessly. The performers are expected to finish their acts even in the face of this noise.

    Terror 2000 - Poster 1

    TERROR 2000
    Direction: Christoph Schlingensief, 26th Hof International Film Festival, 1992

    After ex-gangsters Bössler and Jablo have found asylum in Rassau-Stadt – one now owns a furniture store, the other a small church – they expend their energy simply to clean up Germany in the spirit of the Rostock pogrom. After they have finished off a Polish family and a West German social worker during a trip on Rassau’s asylum train, people from the Federal Criminal Police Office make their way to Rassau and get caught up in the chain of events ... When Nazis, a miracle healer and a minister arrive, Germany shows its true colours.

    The Intruder - Poster 1

    THE INTRUDER
    Direction: Roger Corman, 15th Hof International Film Festival, 1981

    A small town in the southern states of America at the end of the 1950s: in Caxton, a law is introduced to integrate the African-American population into a school previously only attended by whites. When the charismatic politician Adam Cramer arrives in town, he challenges the new law publicly with inflammatory slogans, inciting the white population to commit acts of violence against the black minority.

    The Virgin Suicides - Poster 1

    THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
    Direction: Sofia Coppola, 34th Hof International Film Festival, 2000

    A strictly religious mother and introverted father shield their daughters from the outside world to protect them from the dangers of puberty. Heartbreaker Trip Fontaine manages to persuade the parents to allow the girls to go to a school party with him and his friends. When one of the daughters, Lux, doesn’t arrive home until the morning after the party, events escalate.

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