You really have to be in a very particular state of mind to appreciate the utter katastraüm that is this film.
You can read all over the internet that RW Fassbinder used to direct up to 4 films a year EXCLUDING acting assignments for other directors and it shows perfectly in Kamikaze how little time he had to prepare for an acting job.
I think Fassbinder and the gang only wanted to have a good laugh with 90 minutes worth of jokes that only they would understand.
Remember that this is NOT a Fassbinder film. Like, if you're going through a "Fassbinder Marathon" (if that would ever be a thing), you wouldn't include Kamikaze. It's a punk film - well, it's only a film - in which he acted (if you want to call that acting).
If you're a film fan and/or Fassbinder fan or if you're simply interested in West German indie pop culture, Kamikaze is perfect for you, because it's an orgy of everything and nothing.
If you're studying cinema, this is perfect as well because it breaks every technical rule in the history of everything in the space of less than an hour and tells you exactly what you mustn't do if you want to be a merely competent film technician.
But, seriously, there's only one advice I can give you: don't watch it sober.
You can read all over the internet that RW Fassbinder used to direct up to 4 films a year EXCLUDING acting assignments for other directors and it shows perfectly in Kamikaze how little time he had to prepare for an acting job.
I think Fassbinder and the gang only wanted to have a good laugh with 90 minutes worth of jokes that only they would understand.
Remember that this is NOT a Fassbinder film. Like, if you're going through a "Fassbinder Marathon" (if that would ever be a thing), you wouldn't include Kamikaze. It's a punk film - well, it's only a film - in which he acted (if you want to call that acting).
If you're a film fan and/or Fassbinder fan or if you're simply interested in West German indie pop culture, Kamikaze is perfect for you, because it's an orgy of everything and nothing.
If you're studying cinema, this is perfect as well because it breaks every technical rule in the history of everything in the space of less than an hour and tells you exactly what you mustn't do if you want to be a merely competent film technician.
But, seriously, there's only one advice I can give you: don't watch it sober.