DIRECTOR: Uli Edel
STARRING: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, David Bowie
Addiction films have become a household name these days, whatever the nature of abuse; rarely do these pictures differ in their bleak portraits of the rise and fall of a junkie. You’ve seen the good films, and you’ve seen the bad, but Uli Edel’s 1981 picture of the daft Berlin youth in the 1970s, ‘Christiane F. Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo,’ might be the genre’s greatest achievement.
An impartial film, ‘Christiane F,’ allows viewers a glimpse into the depraved world of heroin addiction, as seen through the eyes of Germany’s children, some no more than 14 years old. Partially what makes, ‘Christiane F,’ so powerful is its accurate portrayal of the music scene of the time, with David Bowie (Heroes/ Station to Station era) playing a large role. Originally based upon audio recordings by the real ‘Christiane F,’ Edel’s film carefully walks the path between sensationalism and didactic realism. Read an in depth analysis of ‘Christiane F. Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo’ at Séance Of Cinema.
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