Beware of a Holy Whore 1971  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Hannes Fuchs, Ulli Lommel, Marcella Michelangeli, Kurt Raab, Karl Scheydt
The cast and crew of a German film company are on location awaiting materials (due to lack of funds) and the director, Jeff (Lou Castel). While they wait, the time is spent drinking, fighting, and sleeping around. When Jeff arrives, the funding has still not shown, and so more of the same antics continue as insights are gained on the filmmakers' lives.
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Blank Generation 1979  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ulli Lommel
Cast: Richard Hell, Carole Bouquet, Suzanna Love, Andy Warhol
Filmed in New York City's lower east side, this is the story of Billy (Richard Hell) who tries to find his way in the streets and develop his relationship with a journalist (Carole Bouquet). A 1970s' punk rock cult classic.
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The Boogey Man 1980  R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ulli Lommel
Cast: Suzanna Love, Ron James, John Carradine, Nicholas Love, Raymond Boyden, Felicite Morgan, Bill Rayburn, Llewelyn Thomas, Jay Wright, Natasha Schiano, Howard Grant
Twenty years ago, young Lacey (Natasha Schiano) watched through the reflection in a mirror as her brother (Jay Wright) murdered their mother's lover (Howard Grant). Now, Lacy (Suzanna Love) returns to the crime scene, sees the lover's reflection in the same mirror, smashes the mirror, and releases an evil force that will terrorize through acts of murder.
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Brainwaves 1982 PG, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ulli Lommel
Cast: Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Tony Curtis, Vera Miles, Percy Rodriguez, Paul Willson, Ryan Seitz, Nicholas Love, Corinne Wahl, Eve Brent Ashe, Gale Sondergaard, Ruth Roman
Following brain surgery, a young woman (Suzanna Love) has flashbacks to a murder and finds herself being stalked by the murderer.
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Chinese Roulette 1976 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Margit Carstensen, Ulli Lommel, Anna Karina, Brigitte Mira, Alexander Allerson, Andrea Schober, Macha Meril, Volker Spengler, Armin Meier, Roland Henschke
A wealthy, happily-married couple has a daughter who is crippled as a result of an accident. The husband heads off on a business trip to Oslo and his wife heads to Milan. But, both really pick up their lovers and go to the family vacation castle. When the four meet, they decide to continue with their respective plans at the castle. But when the daughter shows up and decides to play a game of "Chinese Roulette," the weekend takes a turn for the worse.
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Love Is Colder Than Death 1969 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Ingrid Caven, Liz Soellner, Ursula Stratz, Irm Hermann, Gisela Otto, Monika Nuchtern, Hans Hirschmuller, Kurt Raab, Peter Moland
A pimp/small-time criminal and the man that is sent to kill him strike up a friendship–even to the extent of sharing the pimp's girlfriend–in this unusual crime story that, though low budget, displays the talents of a young Fassbinder.
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Satan's Brew 1976 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Kurt Raab, Helen Vita, Margit Carstensen, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Y Sa Lo, Ulli Lommel, Katherina Buchhammer, Armin Meier, Vitus Zeplichal, Brigitte Mira, Peter Chatel
Washed-up writer Walter (Kurt Raab) needs money, but various efforts fail until his mistress helps, after which she asks him to kill her while in a sexually-aroused condition. He accommodates her and goes home to his brash, slovenly wife (Helen Vita) and mentally challenged Ernst (Volker Spengler) who tries to have sex with flies. After other adventures, he writes a piece, which his wife identifies as being written by a 19th century homosexual poet. Convinced he is a reincarnation of that poet, he sticks with that persona. And on it goes in this dark, dark comedy.
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| 1. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
2. Blank Generation (1979)
3. The Boogey Man (1980)
4. Brainwaves (1982)
5. Chinese Roulette (1976)
6. Cocaine Cowboys (1979)
7. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
8. Satan's Brew (1976)
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