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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: 4.6973686 / 5 from 76 reviews.

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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)

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"I love Fassbinder and have seen most of his work, but there was never a decent release of this film, which has R. W. is his final appearance in fron of the camera. Thanks to Film Movement we now has this beautiful new release with a stellar transfer from a 4K restoration. The other reviews mention some errors, but I didn't spot anything like that. It looks flawless to me. The film itself is a very quirky Sci-Fi satire of spy films with a rather chubby Fassbinder giving a great performance. The production design of Berlin is the best part about this film, besides the quasi-retro technology used by Jansen (Fassbinder). Franco Nero and many other familiar faces pop up. Also German synchronisation godfather Arnold Marquis is seen in one of his few screen appearances. The weak part of this film is the plot, which gets confusing and hard to follow after a while (although I am German and didn't need the subtitles). Still a little known cult classic which deserves more praise. The extras are alright, with a new commentary by the producer and an archival lengthy featurette about Fassbinder's last works, made not too long after Kamikaze 1989."

— Dominik F. (5/5)

An unhinged masterpiece

"If you want to see a lead star drugged out of his mind, sweating profusely while wearing leopard print suits and hunting down criminals in a cyberpunk future Germany, this simply cannot be beat. Cool slipcover, the transfer is pretty decent considering what the film is - a few issues throughout where the film looks kind of . . . greasy and cloudy I guess. . . but overall it looks pretty good most of the time. I'm glad I picked it up."

— Jeremy A. (5/5)

Fassbinder as prophet

"Fassbinder was buried in the suit he wore in this film. A prophetic, insane trip of a movie. Worth every penny and more. 10/10. I love my pink cover 💗"

— Sarah H. (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)

Great presentation of obscure art film

"I owned this in the days of VHS video, loved it. upgraded to DVD and now the even better blu-ray upgrade here ! Interesting visually and a must for any Fassbinder fan"

— Dean P. (5/5)

Great scifi flick starring RWF

"Great scifi flick starring RWF with an outstanding score from Tangerine Dream’s head honcho Edgar Froese."

— Jeffrey W. (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)