Love Parade - When love learned to dance
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| Original title | Love Parade - When love learned to dance |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Peter Scholl |
| script | Peter Scholl |
| production | Susann Schimk |
| camera | Thomas Lütz |
| cut |
Franka Pohl , Kati Opel |
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Loveparade - When love learned to dance is a documentary by Peter Scholl from 2019 that documents the development of the Loveparade in Germany from 1989. The film consists of current interviews as well as contemporary film and photo material. The film is a solo: film GmbH production on behalf of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg . It first aired on July 15, 2020 on Das Erste .
content
The film focuses on the development of the Love Parade , which was based on an idea by Dr. Motte went back, who registered this as a political demonstration under the motto peace, joy, pancakes . With the support of other companions like Danielle de Picciotto , he organized the event, which took place for the first time on July 1, 1989 with around 75 participants on Kurfürstendamm . In the following years, the size of the Love Parade grew significantly, until in 1999 about 1.5 million ravers attended the event. In numerous interviews with organizers of the event it is shown that the Love Parade was the hour of birth of a great youth movement, which is still shaping the “generation techno ” over 30 years later. The effects of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and how East German young people like Wolle XDP found their way into the scene are also discussed.
Critics of the Love Parade also have their say. Addressed are the increasing commercialization of the scene, the noise and waste problem with the pollution of the zoo, the death of a young man after a knife stabbing on the parade in 1999 as well as the general question of the status as a political demonstration. The film ends with the cancellation of the Love Parades in 2004 and 2005 and the subsequent move to the Ruhr area. There, after the accident at the Love Parade 2010 , a decision was made not to continue the event in the future.
reception
According to Thomas Winkler's review for the Berlin city magazine Tip, Scholl's film "very convincingly" tells the story of how some "irradiated night characters were able to initiate a worldwide youth movement that seriously believed they could save the world". However, it could be criticized that “individual defining figures are not adequately appreciated”, the role of drugs remains “rather underexposed” and the last few years, in which the demonstration status was revoked, the parade left Berlin and culminated in the catastrophe in Duisburg, “ just superficially dealt with ". Winkler would have liked to have shown, beyond the grandiose success story of the first few years, “what cultural legacy the Love Parade left behind and how it has changed Berlin in the long term”. On the other hand, that would also be “material for another, completely different film”.
Tilmann P. Gangloff called the film “worth seeing” in his review for evangelisch.de , mainly because of the memories of the organizers and participants, but also because of some “amusing SFB archive treasures from the 1990s”. The comment by Benno Fürmann called Gangloff “distinctive and concise”. The criticism of the commercialization of the event, however, was only raised "all too casually".
The Berliner Kurier called the film a “loving documentary”, which probably left many viewers “with a strange feeling”. The decision to deal with the catastrophe in Duisburg in just 32 seconds was criticized, especially since the criticism of a contemporary witness in this context focused primarily on the commercialization of the event.
Web links
- Loveparade - When love learned to dance at solofilmproduktion.de
- Loveparade - When love learned to dance at ARD.de
- Love Parade - When love learned to dance at Crew United
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Thomas Winkler: "Love Parade - When Love Learned To Dance" looks back on the history of the Berlin raver parade . In: tip-berlin.de from July 14, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Tilmann P. Gangloff: TV tip: "Love Parade - The Negotiation" (Arte) & "Love Parade - When love learned to dance" (ARD) . In: evangelisch.de from July 15, 2020.
- ↑ a b dpa / Christof Bock: ARD documentary about the Love Parade: From a group in the rain to a party of millions . In: berliner-kurier.de from July 15, 2020.