ELEKTROKOHLE (VON WEGEN)/ OFF WAYS
dir. Uli M Schueppel, 2009
90 mins. Germany
In German with English subtitles.
MONDAY, JUNE 12 - 10 PM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 - 10 PM
THURSDAY, JUNE 22 - 7:30 PM
Von Wegen (aka Off Ways) is a metatextual documentary film that explores Einstürzende Neubauten’s journey going from West Berlin to East Berlin to perform at the VEB Elektrokohle club in 1989, a few days after the fall of the Wall. Shot on VHS the film re-examines the recollections of the band and concert goers twenty years later creating a cinematic montage exploring the passage of time through music and the space between it all.