Otto, or Up with Dead People (2008) directed by Bruce La Bruce

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Director: Bruce La Bruce

Writer: Bruce La Bruce (writer)

Release Date: 18 September 2008 (Germany)
19 January 2008 (Sundance Film Festival, USA)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Adult

Plot: By the director of Hustler White and Raspberry Reich!

Otto is a handsome, sensitive, neo-Goth zombie with an identity crisis. He wanders the streets of the city, never sleeping, until one day he auditions for a zombie film. The director, revolutionary Medea Yarn, is convinced that Otto is the personification of the effects of advanced capitalism on individuals. Medea begins making a film about Otto, while simultaneously shooting a film about a gay zombie revolt against consumerist society. As Medea directs the final, orgiastic scene of her film, Otto struggles to access the human emotions buried beneath his zombie exterior.

Director Bruce LaBruce toys with genre conventions, combining different media, and making use of Medea’s humorous film-within-the-film, while creating a new, sexy, hyperpoliticized zombie mythology. An Official Selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.

"Hilarious, sexy and silly in just the right proportions, a cult item with a real heart." - New York Times

Awards: 2008 Best Film Award to Bruce La Bruce, Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

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Cast (in credits order)
Jey Crisfar ... Otto
Marcel Schlutt ... Fritz Fritze
Nicholas Fox Ricciardi ... Young Man in Hooded Sweatshirt
Keith Böhm ... Man in a Suit and Hat
Olivia Barth ... Woman in a Black Burqa/Woman on Subway #1
Christophe Chemin ... Maximilian
Katharina Klewinghaus ... Medea Yarn/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #1
Stephanie Heinrich ... Old Woman (as Stefanie Heinrich)
John Edward Heys ... Old Man
Max Di Costanzo ... Amusement Park Zombie #1
Orion Zombie ... Amusement Park Zombie #2
John Wloch ... Headstone Shop Owner
Guido Sommer ... Adolf
Elliat Graney-Saucke ... Woman on Subway #2
Ramin Farhadi ... Young Boy on Subway
Nicolas Koenigsknecht ... Man on Subway #1
Daniel Grothe ... Gay Boy on Subway #1
Émile Dunichaud ... Gay Boy on Subway #2
Gio Black Peter ... Rudolf
Jürgen Seipel ... Taxi Driver
Susanne Sachße ... Hella Bent/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #2
Ferdinand Marian ... Park Carnivore #1/Night Club Zombie #1
Torsten Meyer ... Park Carnivore #2
Pascal Herr ... Park Carnivore #3
Ena Schnitzlbaumer ... Park Carnivore #4
Stefanie Reißnecker ... Park Carnivore #5
Wiebke Hoogklimmer ... Park Carnivore #6
Nina Kharytonova ... Park Carnivore #7
Asha Mines ... Park Carnivore #8
Peter Jung ... Yummy Boy eating Ice Cream Cone
Mahsun Erdogan ... Street Ragamuffin #1
Serhat Erdogan ... Street Ragamuffin #2
Arturam Oruç ... Street Ragamuffin #3
Stefan Kuschner ... Butcher, Otto's Father
Peter Bürger ... Night Club Zombie #2
Mo ... Zombie Boy
Alfio Tombolato ... Warrior Thug #1
Fashion P.D.G. ... Warrior Thug #2
Valentin Plessy ... Warrior Thug #3
Nicolas Mallet ... Warrior Thug #4
Kevin Murphy ... Warrior Thug #5
Emanuele Rizzi ... Basher #1
Burak Icer ... Basher #2
Gökan Alabay ... Basher #3
Haçi Alabay ... Basher #4
Christophe Linéré ... Somnambulistic Duet Dancer #1/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #8
Frédéric Gies ... Somnambulistic Duet Dancer #2/Lascivious Ballet Dancer #9
Kembra Pfahler ... Lascivious Ballet Dancer #3
Rudy Marchal ... Lascivious Ballet Dancer #6
Christian Modersbach ... Lascivious Ballet Dancer #7
Laura Berger ... Little Girl in Supermarket
Pedro Sobisch ... Supermarket Manager
Mandy Berger ... Little Girl's Mother
Efe Yildiz ... Slaughterhouse Manager
Nils Jacobson ... Orgy Zombie #1/Revolutionary Zombie #1
Josh Ford ... Orgy Zombie #2/Revolutionary Zombie #5
Stan Steel ... Orgy Zombie #3/Revolutionary Zombie #4
Michael Shade ... Orgy Zombie #4/Revolutionary Zombie #3
Marcel Hoffmann ... Orgy Zombie #5/Revolutionary Zombie #2
Florian Manns ... Orgy Zombie #6
Lars Freimann ... Orgy Zombie #7
Luc Nostnad ... Orgy Zombie #8
Fabrice ... Orgy Zombie #9

  
Otto & Fritz

Comments

[starsinshapes.livejournal.com]

So is he really a zombie or just dresses like one? I'm assuming it's the latter? Either way, I am intrigued by the plot, but I am wary of all the "eye-covering" scenes you mentioned.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

BIG SPOILER

READ ONLY IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW

For what I understood, Otto was a teenager who had a breakdown and believe himself a zombie, but he is not.

And yes, there are some blood splattering scenes that mix sex, and they are not exactly easy to digest. Again, I'm not saying that the movie is not worthy to see, but it's difficult.

[starsinshapes.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the spoilers.

hm. I'll have to find a place that carries it or find somewhere to watch online.