Kamikaze '89

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This special limited edition embossed and spot gloss slipcover (designed by Adam Juresko) is limited to 2,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

In his final acting role, legendary auteur Rainer Werner Fassbinder (clad in an iconic leopard skin suit) stars as hardboiled detective Jansen. In a neon-drenched futuristic dystopia ruled by a multimedia conglomerate called The Combine, Jansen is sent on a labyrinthine investigation when their headquarters is threatened with mass destruction by a phantom bomber. This essential cult classic features an hypnotic electronic score by Tangerine Dream's Edward Froese as well as gleefully mind-bending production design.

directed by: Wolf Gremm
starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gunther Kaufmann
1982 / 106 min / 1.66:1 / German DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• New 4K Restoration
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The LAST YEAR documentary by Wolf Gremm
• Commentary by producer Regina Ziegler
• John Cassevetes KAMIKAZE '89 TV spots
• New essays by Nick Pinkerton and Samuel B. Prime
• English subtitles