Jorg buttgereit collection

Nekromantik(1987): Is the one-of-a-kind shock classic from cult director Jörg Buttgereit, weaving the tale of Rob Schmadtke (Daktari Lorenz), a young man who finds himself competing for the affections of his girlfriend with a putrefying cadaver. An employee of Joe’s Streetcleaning Agency, a company which cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob takes advantage of his profession to indulge in his chosen hobby – the collection of body parts. Then, one day, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of girlfriend Betty. There follows a twisted love triangle, resulting in some of the most shocking scenes ever committed to celluloid.

Der Todesking(The King of Death) (1990): The second feature film from German provocateur Jörg Buttgereit, presents seven suicides across seven days of the week. As a chain letter from the self-proclaimed Brotherhood of the 7th Day circulates encouraging its recipients to end their lives, a series of grim murder-suicides unfold. In one vignette, a young woman massacres a room of concert-goers before turning the gun on herself; in another, a man, driven to madness by some unspecified mental disturbance, repeatedly slams his head into a wall before collapsing in a pool of his own blood … These are just some of depictions of death and despair that make up the tortured fabric of Der Todesking.

Nekromantik 2(1991): Monika isn’t like other young women. She shares her small flat with Rob, a recently disinterred corpse which serves as the object of her affections. But then she meets good-natured Mark, and soon finds herself torn between the prospect of a “normal” life with a living, breathing partner and her overwhelming desire for her rotting bed-fellow.

Schramm(1993): Lothar Schramm, the so-called Lipstick Killer, reads dying in a pool of blood and paint. As he expires, fragments of his life flash before his eyes his uneasy friendship with the prostitute that lives next door (Nekromantik 2 s Monika M); the brutal slaughter of a pair of doorstep evangelists whose bodies he poses in obscene fashion; his unhealthy pastime of hammering nails into his own manhood. Told in an entirely non-linear fashion, Jörg Buttgereit s Schramm with its nightmarish hallucinatory sequences involving severed limbs and gaping, sharp-toothed female genitalia comes about as close as a film can get to transporting you directly into the world of a sick, disordered mind.

4-DISC SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS – High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation of four films by Jörg Buttgereit: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm – Uncompressed PCM Stereo 2.0 audio for all movies and additional Mono audio option for Nekromantik – Optional English subtitles – Special Edition packaging featuring new artwork by Gilles Vranckx and reversible sleeves featuring artwork by Godmachine and Gilles Vranckx
DISC ONE: NECROMANTIC – Two additional short films by Jörg Buttgereit: Hot Love (1985) [29 mins] and JB’s Horror Heaven (1984) [23 mins] with optional English subtitles – Nekromantik audio commentary with Jörg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen – Hot Love audio commentary with Buttgereit – Horror Heaven audio commentary with Buttgereit – Director’s Introduction to Necromancy – Alternative “Grindhouse” version of Nekromantik, transferred from the only existing 35mm print – In Conversation with The Death King – an interview with Buttgereit – Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy – a documentary looking at the impact of the film on the horror scene both in the UK and abroad, featuring interviews with Buttgereit, genre critic Alan Jones, Buttgereit biographer David Kerekes and others – Q&A with Jörg Buttgereit recorded at Glasgow’s Center for Contemporary Arts – The Making of Nekromantik – a vintage documentary featuring a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage, viewable with two different audio tracks: an English commentary with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and Kerekes, and a German-language audio track featuring radio interviews with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and producer Manfred Jelinski – Nekromantik Premiere – a short featurette comprising footage from the film’s premiere in Berlin, January 1988 – “Das Letzte ”- a short featurette comprising footage from the 1985 premiere of Hot Love – Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ‘I Can’t Let Go’ by Shock Therapy (1995) and ‘Lemmy I’m a Feminist’ by Half Girl (2013) – Complete collection of Buttgereit film trailers: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm – Extensive image gallery including behind-the-scenes stills and the rare, surrealist German-language Nekromantik comic by Berlin artist Fil, reproduced in its entirety
DISC TWO: DER TODESKING – Audio commentary by Jörg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen – From Bundy to Lautréamont – Jörg Buttgereit in conversation with journalist Graham Rae at the 2016 Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films – Todesmusik – composer Hermann Kopp on his numerous collaborations with Jörg Buttgereit – Skeleton Under the Skin – Journalist and Buttgereit by Graham Rae on Todesking tattoo culture – The Making of Der Todesking – a vintage documentary viewable with both an English-language and a German-language audio track with English subtitles – Eating the Corpse – footage from the original 1990 Berlin premiere – “The Letter” – alternate English-language chain letter insert used for the original UK VHS release – Corpse Fucking Art – 1992 documentary comprising the making of Nekromantik, Der Todesking and Nekromantik 2
-Two short films by producer Manfred O. Jelinski: Die Reise ins Licht (1972, 27 mins) viewable with optional audio commentary, and Geliebter Wahnsinn (1973, 7 mins) – Der Gollob (1983, 25 mins) – a short film by Jörg Buttgereit, viewable with optional director’s audio commentary – Extensive Image Gallery – Jörg Buttgereit Trailer Gallery
DISC THREE: NECROMANTICS 2 – Audio commentary with Buttgereit, co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen and actors Monika M. and Mark Reeder – Introduction to the film with Buttgereit, Reeder, Monika M. and producer Manfred Jelinski – Masters of Life and Death – a documentary looking at the film’s production and release history, featuring interviews with Buttgereit, Reeder, Monika M. and Jelinski – City of the Loving Dead – a walking tour of some of the original Berlin locations with Reederand Jelinsk – Necropolis: Jörg Buttgereit’s Berlin – film scholar Dr. Marcus Stiglegger on the significance of the German capital as the backdrop for Nekromantik 2 – The Making of Nekromantik 2 – a vintage documentary viewable with two different audio tracks: an English track comprising audio interviews with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and Monika M., and a German track featuring radio interviews with Buttgereit and Rodenkirchen, with optional English subtitles – Nekro Waltz: The Music of Nekromantik 2 – actor and composer Reeder discusses his work on the film’s score – Outtakes Reel – Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert – footage from the 20th anniversary Nekromantik 2 concert, with Monika M. and friends performing the live score – Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert – the complete 20-track audio recording of the concert [BD-ROM content] – Two Buttgereit short films: Bloody Excess in the Leader’s Bunker (Bloody Excess in the Führerbunker, 1982) and A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein (2012) – Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ‘Rise Up’ by Die Krupps (1997), starring Monika M., and ‘Die Frau in der Musik’ by Stereo Total (2007)
-Complete collection of Buttgereit feature film trailers – Extensive image gallery
DISC FOUR: SCHRAMM – Archival audio commentary with director / co-writer Jörg Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen – Archival audio commentary with actors Florian Koerner Von Gustorf and Monika M – The Makingof Schramm – archival behind-the-scenes documentary – Schramm: Redux – option to watch Schramm and its sequel Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt as a single, continuous feature – Extensive image gallery – Jörg Buttgerethe Trailer Gallery
Playing time:71/75/103/65 mins
TV system:PAL
Year: 1987-1993
Distributor: Arrow Video
Director:Jörg Buttgereit
Actors:
Bernd Daktari Lorenz
Beatrice Manowski
Harald Lundt
Colloseo Schulzendorf
Henri Boeck
Clemens Schwender
Jörg Buttgereit
Holger Suhr
Volker Hauptvogel
Harald Weis