Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe setting for Tim Staffel’s adaption of his own novel is as bleak and desolate as the story itself. On the windswept icy mass of the island of Sylt off Germany’s most northernmost region, young Jesus is sitting alone on a bench in the middle on nowhere, with a plastic bag over his head. The … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMarlo a young engineering student is taking a break from school and is visiting a girl friend in Berlin. When she goes off to work, he takes off to explore the city. Crossing the street he momentarily links eyes with another man, and after the pass, they take furtive looks back at each other. Moments later as he crosses … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis somewhat intriguing and totally bizarre documentary tells the very odd tale of Marc, a rotund man in his fifties, critically ill from a debilitating condition he has suffered with since childhood who is indulging himself for what may very well be the last time. He has somehow accumulated considerable wealth which seems at odds … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMarc seems to have it all. Bettina his pregnant girlfriend adores him, he has a new house adjoining his parents and he is following in his father’s footsteps by training to be part of an elite Police Squad in his home town in Germany. The only wee problem is a that he is not a good … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideA morbidly obese unemployed hairdresser in Eastern Berlin is sent by Social Services for a job interview in a Hair Salon in a Shopping Mall which she fails to get the job as she is not ‘asthetically pleasing’ ….. the Owners actually words were “what we sell is beauty, and you’re not beautiful, my dear”. Hard … Continue reading
