Decoder (film)

Decoder
Decoder
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Muscha
Written by	Klaus Maeck; Muscha; Volker Schäfer; Trini Trimpop;
Produced by	Klaus Maeck; Muscha; Volker Schäfer; Trini Trimpop;
Starring	Bill Rice; F.M. Einheit; Christiane F.;
Cinematography	Johanna Heer
Edited by	Jonathon Braun; Klaus Maeck; Muscha; Volker Schäfer; Eva-Maria Will;
Production; company	Fett Film
Distributed by	Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek
Release date	19 February 1984 (West Germany);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	West Germany
Languages	German; English; Portuguese;

Decoder is a 1984 West German film directed by . It is a cyberpunk and counter-cultural film roughly based on the writings of William S. Burroughs, who also acts in the film.^[2] Bill Rice plays Jaeger ("Hunter"), an agent of the government in charge of suppressing dissidents, while FM Einheit plays a burger shop employee who discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.

Decoder was made on a small budget, and was written by Muscha, Klaus Maeck, , and . Nevertheless, the project was able to attract a number of notable people within the countercultural and industrial music "scenes" to perform in it. Actors included Burroughs, Genesis P-Orridge, Christiane Felscherinow, and bands included Soft Cell, Psychic TV, Einstürzende Neubauten, and The The.^[3]

The film was considered "oddly forgotten", and for numerous years was not in wide circulation.^[3] In 2019, however, the film was re-released on Blu-ray and DVD.^[4]

Cast[]

F.M. Einheit as F.M.
Bill Rice as Jaeger
Christiane F. as Christiana
Berthold Bell as H-Burger trainer (as Britzhold Baron De Belle)
Matthias Fuchs as H-Burger manager
William S. Burroughs as Old Man
Genesis P-Orridge as High Priest
Ralf Richter

References[]

^ "Декодер (1984) - КиноПоиск.ru" (in Russian). KinoPoisk. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
^ http://forgottenoldfilms.blogspot.com/2011/06/decoder-muscha-1984.html
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2013-05-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Decoder". Vinegar Syndrome. Retrieved 2019-08-10.

External links[]

Decoder at IMDb

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[KinoPoisk-1] "Декодер (1984) - КиноПоиск.ru" (in Russian). KinoPoisk. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

[2] ttp://forgottenoldfilms.blogspot.com/2011/06/decoder-muscha-1984.html

[motherboard-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2013-05-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Decoder". Vinegar Syndrome. Retrieved 2019-08-10.

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