Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89
Kamikaze '89

Film Movement Classics

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

 

Overall rating: 4.6760564 / 5 from 71 reviews.

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Kamikaze '89, a limited edition slipcover for a Film Movement Classics release, is praised for its fantastic quality and amazing looks. While opinions on the narrative and film vary, many customers find the movie incredible and the picture quality outstanding.

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Review highlights

  • "Great quality release and an intriguing film." — Petri E.
  • "The picture quality looks fantastic and the slipcover is very nice." — Akash K.
  • "This edition looks really good; the colors really pop while the grit and grain are preserved for dystopic integrity." — Isaac W.

Reviews

A must for Fassbinder-heads.

"A super fun, weird movie. Great packaging, including a slipcase with spot gloss & a solid booklet with a couple of informative essays. Love the John Cassavetes radio spots as disc extras."

— Stefan P. (5/5)

Better Treated Abroad Than at Home

"As a German collector, I am really thankful that Vinegar Syndrome / Film Movement brought Kamikaze ’89 back on Blu-ray, because even though it is a German film, we still don’t have a proper German Blu-ray release here. That is pretty strange, especially for such a unique cult movie with Fassbinder in his final acting role. The picture looks very good, coming from a 4K restoration, with nice detail, strong colors and a clean but still film-like presentation. The extras are also a big plus, especially the Fassbinder documentary, the commentary and the booklet. Overall, a great release of a strange, stylish and very German sci-fi cult film. Big thanks to Vinegar Syndrome for making this available."

— Mirko H. (5/5)

Disc looks great, movie is

"Disc looks great, movie is crazy. Like a German Bladerunner with a budget of 15$"

— Brett B. (5/5)

A gem

"A gem of a performance from Fassbinder, well worth the watch!"

— MR H. (5/5)

Fassbinder

"Very cool entry into the legend of Fassbinder and a cool release overall, great artwork and extras and this film is a doozy. For fans of cool weird films. Usual great service from VS"

— Ben C. (4/5)

Dressed to Perfection

"Not that this isn't a great movie, cuz it is, but quite frankly this one is worth watching for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's outfit alone! Talk about timeless style icons! Oh my!"

— Anders A. (5/5)

RIP Fassbinder the King

"Must see for Fassbinder fans. A movie that defies description other than to say it rules. The artwork capturing both Fassbinder's wretched physical state and insane outfit is top notch."

— Jon B. (5/5)

Fassbinder as a cop in a leopard print suit

"If you like Fassbinder, maybe you'll like this weird one. Great release, oozes with style."

— Alex C. (5/5)

Kamikaze '89

"Somewhat unexpectedly based on a Per Wahlöö novel."

— Oliver B. (5/5)

Refrain from unnecessary thoughts

"I knew the name Fassbinder because it appears on a bunch of Criterion stuff, so it's kinda funny that the first work of his I've seen features him in front of the camera and going full Disco Elysium Harry Du Bois-mode, decked out in an animal print suit, secretly drinking, friendless and tasteless but with an impeccable mystery solving track record. It's early 80s Germany imagining scifi late-80s Germany, so you'd think they wouldn't imagine riotous differences between the future and the era they were living in. But the film swings for the fences: cops dress like ice cream parlor employees or new wave punks; alcohol is banned; cops hang out in clubs that have features like a boxing ring you can roller skate in; there's only one media company and they air television programs like a marathon laughing competition. . ."

— Michael V. (5/5)

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