Party monsters
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Party monsters |
| Original title | Party monsters |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fenton Bailey , Randy Barbato |
| script | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato |
| production | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Jon Marcus, Bradford Simpson, Christine Vachon |
| music | James Harry, Kevin Haskins |
| camera | Teodoro Maniaci |
| cut | Jeremy Simmons |
| occupation | |
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Party Monster is a 2003 film directed by US directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato .
In Germany the film was only shown in the program of the Berlinale and at the Lesbian and Gay Film Days in Hamburg . The film did not make it into German cinemas. On December 7, 2006, MTV broadcast the film for the first time on “MTV GAY DAY”.
action
Towards the end of the 1980s, the young Michael Alig , fresh from the countryside in the big city, comes to New York . He's bored with the parties and so he wants to organize his own. With charm, audacity and a feeling for the right friends, he builds his own cosmos in party life. He becomes the dazzling figure and a figurehead of the New York club scene. He starts a record label , publishes a newspaper and opens his own club. But drugs are also part of his daily routine and so a casual murder of a drug dealer is his undoing.
Reviews
"Shrill farce based on an authentic case, which at most captivates through the equipment and otherwise mostly offers ridiculous trivialities."
Awards
The film was nominated for the "Grand Prize" at the 2003 Sundance Festival , among others .
background
The film is based on the true story of Michael Alig , who caused a sensation in the late 1980s as a promoter of the New York Club Kids with extravagant parties in the New York club scene. The film is often overdrawn in bright colors. A special highlight is the weird drag queen Christina, who is embodied by shock rocker Brian Hugh Warner ( Marilyn Manson ). The two directors had already made a documentary about Michael Alig under the same title in 1998.
literature
- James St James: Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland , Simon & Schuster, September 2003, ISBN 0-7432-5982-3 (Engl.)
- James St James: Disco Bloodbath , Scepter, November 1999, ISBN 0-340-74840-0 (Engl.)
Web links
- Party Monster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website for the film
- Michael Alig Club Kids
Individual evidence
- ↑ Party monsters. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 10, 2016 .