Taxi Zum Klo
in person
Tue Aug 05, 7:00 pm at Los Feliz 3
Part of
18+ ONLY
FREE SCREENING
Also showing Aug 10, 4:00 pm Aug 12, 10:00 pm
New 4K restoration!

Taxi Zum Klo
Frank Ripploh
1980
98 min
Germany
German, English, French
Movie Summary: Ripploh's brutally honest portrayal of a gay schoolteacher and the contrasts between his public and private lives was startling for its time (Ripploh has admitted that much of the film was autobiographical). On its release in 1980 the film was siezed by US Customs and deemed "pornographic." With its frank depiction of sexuality, the film is a loving document of pre-AIDS gay culture in West Berlin in the early 1980s and a touching comedy about the human desire for and struggle to achieve intimacy. "The triumph of "Taxi zum Klo" is that, in the midst of its portrait of isolation, Frank Ripploh himself emerges as a cheerful, open man, willing to reveal his weakness, willing to hope that things will take a turn for the better. The movie is about a person, not about his sex life. It understands that all of our identities and lifestyles are just hopeful strategies in the search for a sense of belonging, usefulness and love." www.rogerebert.com
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