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Berlin Calling

Posted Jul 14, 2009

We've lost count of the amount of times our hedonistic friends have announced they're off to live in Berlin. With a population that could well contain more hedonists per square metre than Ibiza, we take a look at the tragicomedy of Berlin.

Berlin's Calling is a slow burn film - and one that could quite possibly have had the longest release schedule of any film we've seen.

Released in a handful of countries at the end of last year, it eventually had its U.S. premiere at the SXSW festival and will finally reach European shores this summer.

Directed by Hannes Stoehr, in an interesting twist the film's concept is an original one - to make a film portrait of a German musician and one who is still alive. The film focuses on the rarely documented YouTube generation of musicians who compose on their laptops, fly around the world and don't need any lyrics. They sell their tracks as downloads, which makes them independent of the big majors and service providers in the best sense of the word for all the dance lovers in the international, globalized club landscape.

The film tells the story of a Berlin electronic music composer Martin (Paul Kalkbrenner), known as DJ Ickarus, who is touring with his manager and girlfriend Mathilde (Rita Lengyel) from club to club around the globe and is about to release their biggest album to date.

All of his plans are however thrown out of kilter when Ickarus is submitted to the emergency ward of a psychiatric clinic high on drugs after a gig.

if it all sounds too heavy - don't fear, even hedonists love a happy ending.

The film is a tragicomedy that deals with art and insanity, intoxication and ecstasy, hope and future, friendship and family, music and the lust for life, and, of course, love. 

Needless to say, the film has an excellent soundtrack www.berlin-calling.de/en/soundtrack

Kerry Olsen

Source & Photo Credit: www.berlin-calling.de

 

TAGS: berlin calling film soundtrack hannes stoehr paul kalkbrenner rita lengyel ickarus film music online magazine fashion magazine ibiza electronic music

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