Hannes Rossacher
Rammstein: In Amerika Documentaries
„Rammstein in Amerika“ tells the story of this unique band through the prism of the cultural exchange its members have had with the world’s pre-eminent superpower. Home movies and private photos going back to the 1980s take us behind the Iron Curtain to the bands whose members would one day fuse to create Rammstein, while eye-opening behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and incredible concert excerpts from across the years are woven together to tell their amazing tale. We hear from the record execs, PR men, agents and promoters that thought Rammstein could never make it in America, and who lived to eat their words. The key to Rammstein’s success was the overwhelming shock and awe of their live show, a pyrotechnic extravaganza so intense that, to this day, the band can’t play within the city limits of Chicago due to rules dating back to the great fire of 1871. Rammstein aficionado Kiefer Sutherland puts their challenging American journey in context, and the film is peppered with tributes and anecdotes from other famous fans: Iggy Pop, Steven Tyler, Marilyn Manson, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Moby, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and many more. „Rammstein in Amerika“ is an improbable but ultimately triumphant love story, fraught with adversity, misunderstanding and a heartening amount of cultural give and take. It’s a tale of Eastblock otherness in the American heartlands, of an industry that loves categorisation being invaded by a band that love to confuse, polarise and make people think – that have no qualms about presenting electronica and homoerotica to a rock crowd not famous for tolerating either, and getting arrested for their troubles. „Rammstein in Amerika“ offers an all-access window onto this trans-Atlantic rock’n’roll odyssey. By turns naïve, touching and wild, it is a story of an artistic communion with the fans that transcends all cultural barriers, of thunderous music and, of course, of fire. „Making of Liebe Ist Für Alle Da“ is a short film about the making of Rammstein’s Liebe Ist Für Alle Da album. In 2008, after taking an unprecedented year off, the members of Rammstein reconvened on a hilltop in Sonoma in northern California to start work on what would become their „Liebe Ist Für Alle Da“ album. This 21-minute film tells the inside story of those sessions.
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Queen: Champions of the World
This documentary tracks the history of Queen’s legendary reign, from their humble beginnings to their meteoric rise to their rightful place as the Champions of the World
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This documentary tracks the history of Queen’s legendary reign, from their humble beginnings to their meteoric rise to their rightful place as the Champions of the World
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Queen: Magic Years
A visual anthology covering the band’s first 10 years of world-wide success. This special includes early footage of Queen, rare videos, concert highlights from around the world, plus interviews with the band, fans, celebrities and contemporary superstars such as Elton John and Mick Jagger. This is an excellent chance to see how Queen became so enormously successful.
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Tumult, Clubkonzert Berlin
With “Tumult”, Herbert Grönemeyer has followed up in every way on the many accomplishments of his forty-year career. Above all, “Tumult” is also a political album – the work of an artist who takes a stance, one who advises calm in the uneasy times in which we live, but also resolve and sticking to our guns: “Understanding is always good”, the song “Just in Case” declares, “but move not a millimeter to the right / It is a battle of the mind”. He presented and tested the new songs for the first time in October at a club concert at Berlin’s Radialsystem V on the banks of the Spree. The venue provided a small, bijou, intimate framework for the new tunes and a few classics. There is no stage, everything happens at eye level. The audience sits in almost close physical contact with the singer and his band. Some of the best parts show Grönemeyer dancing through them as if it were a family celebration, and you can see how pleased he is, but also his sense of expectation and nerves, as he performs those new songs for his family. He is indeed the greatest songwriter we’ve had for the last 40 years, an artist who has his feet firmly on the ground, yet never stands still.
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