DAS GOLD DER LIEBE: Up All Night with Urban Anxiety

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Eckhart Schmidt, the director of DER FAN, drops another NDW obsessive teen psychodrama ripped from the cramped metropolitan streets of Central Europe.  After witnessing a stabbing at a DAF concert, a frightened leather jacket part-time punk (played by Jamie Lee Curtis' stepsister, Alexandra) flees for her life through neon slime bars, hair salons, back alleys, and nightclubs.

DAS GOLD DER LIEBE spins more abstract than DER FAN with sequences distilling the nightmare dread of being chased alone at night by heroin goths in a cold and crumbling city. The electronic soundtrack featuring DAF, Blümchen Blau, and Wanderlust propels the cat and mouse action frenzied and taut. Time capsule Deutsch locations, siq new wave lqqks, inventive long-take camerawork, and an unforgettable club kid dance sequence make DAS GOLD DER LIEBE worth seeking out!  If you’re feeling adventurous, why not peep LOFT to complete Schmidt’s MTV slick urban paranoia trilogy?

For fans of: DAF, Viennese grimescapes, Eurogoths, new wave neon, extended synthpop dance sequences, leather jackets, gore, ‘80s German language art horror films, long takes, the Curtis family