Berlin Now

Berlin embodied a culture of its own, one which resisted the whitewash that politicians and city officials are so fond of administering in the name of “cultivation”. BERLIN NOW is a documentary, a musical journey and an exploration of underground culture in 80s West Berlin - a trip, a whirl of images, a celebration of the music beyond the mainstream. With Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mona Mur, and FM Einheit. This was a city with a singularly strange attraction to the “rubble aesthetic” that was perhaps a last echo of Romanticism's preoccupation with ruins. The camera takes in some of West Berlin's most well known landmarks, some of which are truly grotesque.

Keywords

  • Made in Germany
  • Most Wanted Music
  • Berlin
  • history
  • punk
  • underground

Actors

  • Blixa Bargeld
  • Einstürzende Neubauten
  • Santrra
  • Die Schlampen

Director

  • Wolfgang Büld
  • Sissy Kelling

Timeless, Music, Dance, Theater


58min


16+

DE

Germany
1984
A stroll through the bizarre tapestry of what was once West Berlin - a city riddled with empty lots and free space and surrounded by a wall.

A stroll through the bizarre tapestry of what was once West Berlin - a city riddled with empty lots and free space and surrounded by a wall.


Berlin embodied a culture of its own, one which resisted the whitewash that politicians and city officials are so fond of administering in the name of “cultivation”. BERLIN NOW is a documentary, a musical journey and an exploration of underground culture in 80s West Berlin - a trip, a whirl of images, a celebration of the music beyond the mainstream. With Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mona Mur, and FM Einheit.


This was a city with a singularly strange attraction to the “rubble aesthetic” that was perhaps a last echo of Romanticism's preoccupation with ruins. The camera takes in some of West Berlin's most well known landmarks, some of which are truly grotesque.

Cast & Crew