Romper stomper
| Movie | |
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| German title | Romper stomper |
| Original title | Romper stomper |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1992 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK kJ (re-examination) FSK 18 (indexed; originally) |
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| Director | Geoffrey Wright |
| script | Geoffrey Wright |
| production |
Ian Pringle Daniel Sharp |
| music | John Clifford White |
| camera | Ron Hagen |
| cut | Bill Murphy |
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Romper Stomper is a 1992 Australian movie that tells the fictional story of a group of neo-Nazi skinheads in Melbourne , Australia . The film sometimes contains very drastic depictions of violence. The leading role was played by Russell Crowe , who was still largely unknown in the USA and Europe at the time .
To the title
A “romper” is colloquially a person who is “different” and is therefore viewed as inferior. In this context, these are mostly foreigners, people of different colors, disabled people, homosexuals, etc. "Stomper" (English to stomp , dt. Stamping ) refers to the act or the person performing a kick (cf. curb stomp ) and usually means the vertical Step on the head of someone lying on the ground with the sole of a shoe or boot. This gives rise to the term “romper stomper” for those who want to “stomp”, that is, beat up, the above-mentioned groups of people.
action
Hando is the leader of a gang of Australian neo-Nazis who raid Vietnamese immigrants . One day Gabe joins them, a daughter from a wealthy family who is one after the other hooking up with Hando and his best friend Davey, creating a dangerous relationship triangle . Gabe knows how to use the neo-Nazis for their own purposes, but finally betrays them to the police when it comes to a break with Hando. The violence escalates as the Vietnamese strike back. There are some dead, the gang is broken up and scattered. Hando escapes, as does Davey and Gabe. Ultimately, Davey has to choose the boyfriend or his love. At the end of the film there is a fight between Hando, Davey and Gabe, in the course of which Davey kills his buddy Hando.
background
Geoffrey Wright got the idea for the film in the late 1980s through press coverage of racist attacks in Australia. After conducting a few interviews with Nazi cinema heads, he wrote the first version of the script, which he then discarded. He could not shoot the second version at first and instead pushed the short film Loverboy to prove his talent and receive money from the film subsidy. Originally, Metal Skin was supposed to be shot first, but through the use of film funding, Romper Stomper could then be realized.
The film Romper Stomper was heavily criticized worldwide for its explicit depictions of violence. This meant that he was not allowed to be sold in Canada, for example - until Russell Crowe became famous. Originally, it was not supposed to be published in Germany either. The then still published, something cut FSK 18 videotape and today's Uncut - DVD in Germany since 31 March 1994 for indexed . In July 2012, the film was prematurely removed from the index and on September 4th of that year did not receive any youth approval from the FSK , which means that the film can no longer be indexed.
Daniel Pollock (Davey) committed suicide after dating Jacqueline McKenzie (Gabe). Russell Crowe dedicated the song The Night That Davey Hit the Train from the album Bastard Life or Clarity to him .
Reviews
Romper Stomper is still regarded as a cult film in both the skinhead and the neo-Nazi scene . At the time of its publication, it divided the audience. The Anti Nazi League in Great Britain demonstrated in front of the cinemas and caused numerous unrest in the run-up to the film.
"The film's request to look for the motivations of the neo-Nazis in their individual vulnerability is covered up by the massive brutalities that leave little room for reflection on deeper human problems."
Soundtrack
The soundtrack contains a number of fictional RAC songs recorded especially for the film with clearly racist texts, mostly by the also fictional band Masterrace (they were recorded by the so-called Romper Stomper Orchestra ). The background music was composed and written by John Clifford White, who was also responsible for the music for the film Talk (1994). The band operated under the pseudonym "Master Race". One song contained lines of German text that were removed when it was first published in German.
"We put on our boots
And lace us to
shave our heads
And beat us in.
This is a skinhead
Waiting for the fight
Skinheads, skinheads, roaming
the city."
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Awards
The film received many international praise - but it was also criticized. Russell Crowe won the 1992 Australian Oscar (AFCC Award) for Best Actor and the AFI Award for Best Male Leading Role. He also received the golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1993 . In doing so, he laid the foundation for his career.
Jacqueline McKenzie won the 1992 Film Festival Award for Best Actress at the Stockholm Film Festival.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Adrenaline visions. The Passage Dramas by Geoffrey Wright. 1st part . In: Splatting Image . No. 49 , March 2002.
- ↑ Romper Stomper. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 10, 2016 .
Web links
- Romper Stomper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Romper Stomper atrotten tomatoes(English)