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The Raspberry Reich

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The Raspberry Reich (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 13

Fresh: 7

Rotten:6

Average Rating: 5.3/10

Rated: Not Rated [See Full Rating] Explicit sexual content- adults only

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Sep 24, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: The Raspberry Reich is a film about "radical chic," specifically the phenomenon of the modern left in Germany adopting the signifiers and postures of extreme left-wing movements of the 1970s, particularly the Red Army Faction, also... The Raspberry Reich is a film about "radical chic," specifically the phenomenon of the modern left in Germany adopting the signifiers and postures of extreme left-wing movements of the 1970s, particularly the Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhoff Gang. The movie starts off with the abduction by a gang of bumbling, would-be terrorists of Patrick, a young man who is the son of one of the wealthiest bankers in Germany. A scene of chaos and slapstick humor ensues in which Clyde, one of the aspiring terrorists - or activists, as they prefer to refer to themselves - accidentally handcuffs himself to the kidnapping victim and is forced to join him in the trunk of their stolen BMW. Unbeknownst to the rest of the gang, Clyde, whose job it was to follow Patrick and report his whereabouts to his cohorts, has already had a sexual liaison with Patrick, and the two young men are already planning Patrick's escape as soon as the abduction takes place. The gang does not realize that Patrick's father disowned and disinherited him when Patrick came out as gay, and therefore he has no value as a hostage. Nothing seems to go right for this well meaning but ineffectual gang of aspiring terrorists. In the meantime, the leader of the Raspberry Reich, Gudrun, a charismatic young woman who has patterned herself after Gudrun Ensslin, one of the main members of the Baader-Meinhoff Gang, is indoctrinated the other members of the gang to her cause. Gudrun, a strict devotee of Wihelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse, believes that heterosexual monogamy is a bourgeois construct that must be smashed in order to achieve true revolution. To that end, she forces her straight male followers to have sex with each other to prove their mettle as authentic revolutionaries. When Holger, one of her followers, protests that he is her boyfriend, Gudrun tells him not to be ridiculous, that the revolution is her boyfriend! Gudrun is constantly preaching her revolutionary rhetoric to the impressionable young men, but she often finds it difficult to live up to the extreme ideals by which she attempts to govern her life and the lives of her followers. After having sex in a public elevator with Holger and visiting a shooting range with Andreas, the senior member of the gang, Gudrun starts to hatch her hostage scheme in order to extort money from Patrick's father which she plans to distribute to the oppressed, impoverished working class, and also to draw attention to their glamorous cause. Unfortunately for Gudrun, Clyde and Patrick have ambitions of their own. The eventually escape and become bank robbers, stealing money from one of the banks owned by Patrick's own father. After the terrorists' plot is foiled, the film traces what becomes of each of the members. Helmut and Horst, who were previously straight, become gay lovers. They run into Andreas, who seems to be in the closet, in a gay bar on an evening that has a terrorist chic theme. Che, another member of the gang, who patterns himself after Che Guevara, moves to the Middle East where he begins to train real terrorists how to abduct real victims. Sometimes those who indulge in radical chic do become real - and dangerous - terrorists. And of course Gudrun and Holger get married and have a child and become members of the bourgeoisie, although Gudrun still pays lip service to her radical beliefs. -- © Strand Releasing [More]

Director: Bruce LaBruce

Director: Bruce LaBruce
Studio: Strand Releasing

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Nov 30, 1999

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DVD Features:

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  • Widescreen - 1.85

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As thoroughly, gleefully disreputable a work of political critique as you could hope for.

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10/13/04
Alan Dale
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Whatever little involvement the viewer may have in the onscreen goings-on is effectively impeded.

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10/06/04
David Noh
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A highly awkward blending of gay porn and political satire.

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09/29/04
Frank Scheck
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A moderately entertaining movie that nevertheless says nothing revolutionary about the way we live now.

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09/26/04
Shlomo Schwartzberg
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La Bruce is first and foremost a dedicated destroyer of cinema, and his chaotic movies are his weapons. If you can handle that, Reich feels just right.

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09/25/04
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Very silly, a bit tedious and if you cut out all the sex and sloganeering, the whole thing would run about 15 minutes.

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09/24/04
Ken Fox
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The humorless Reich makes for one dull and repetitive skin flick.

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09/24/04
Megan Lehmann
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An excuse to watch smut and not feel like a perv.

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09/23/04
Jon Popick
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Revolting and hilarious satire.

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09/23/04
Ned Martel
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A lovingly overblown piece of terrorist-chic trashfilm.

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09/21/04
Ed Halter
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Both a counter-cultural assault on homosexist ideology and a comment on the way a revolution is often watered by media-obsessed bleeding hearts.

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09/20/04
Ed Gonzalez
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Crazy and firmly tongue in cheek, LaBruce has done it again with Raspberry Reich. A self-proclaimed sexual revolutionary and devoted provocateur, he is also a damned good filmmaker.

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