DER FAN
OPENS AT METROGRAPH August 28
METROGRAPH IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RUN OF DER FAN
STARTING August 28.
Teen runaway Simone (Désirée Nosbusch, entrancingly opaque) loves the Neue Deutsche Welle pop singer known only as “R” (Bodo Staiger)… loves him so much, in fact, that she could just about eat him alive. And when she finally meets her idol—only to be callously treated by him as a disposable sex object—well, Simone gets the chance to really become one with her beloved forever. A hard, cool-to-the-touch, and utterly riveting slow-burn psychological thriller that, newly restored for its first ever US theatrical release, speaks to our age of parasocial obsession, featuring a sinister synth-pop soundtrack by Staiger’s own band, Rheingold, and a last act that’s finger-lickin’ good.
A Fun City Editions release.
Der Fan has been restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative by Fun City Editions. The film is presented with its original stereo soundtrack for the first time since its initial German theatrical release in 1982.
Accompanying the run ofDer Fan, Metrograph presents That Most Taboo of Red Meats, a series of films about women cannibals, running August 21 to August 30. Titles include House, In My Skin, Jennifer’s Body, Raw, and Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told.