Reviews

This is a wonderful film, even better and darker than Stefan Zweig's short story upon which it is based.

It moves along at a leisurely pace by contemporary standards, which makes it all the better by providing a good sense of context for recently Nazi-occupied Austria. It Imparts an atmosphere of anxious apprehension and quiet desperation as poor Curd Jurgens struggles to hold onto his sanity while in solitary confinement, deprived of all stimuli.

Recommended for film buffs and chess players alike.

This is a must for Dead Kennedys fans. A complete concert, shot with four cameras, and yes - you can actually *hear* the music and vocals. The Dead Kennedys were headlining the last concert at the venerable San Francisco venue: On Broadway. The band and the fans are angry and sad that the On Broadway is closing, and you can feel the tension in the air. The band is tight, and Jello Biafra's theatrical performances get increasingly bizarre as the show progresses. All the stage diving audience members are as entertaining as the band!

Recorded on June 16, 1984. Includes performances of the following songs (in order): Police Truck, Hop With Jet Set, A Child and His Lawnmower, Religious Vomit, Do the Slag, Moral Majority, MTV Get Off the Air, Life Sentence, Jock-o-Rama, Goons Of Hazzard, Riot, Bleed For Me, Nazi Punks F*** Off, We've Got a Bigger Problem Now.