Red Sun [Blu-ray]

Thomas (Marquard Bohm, Kings of the Road) gets a ride to Munich where he finds his ex-girlfriend Peggy (counter culture activist and model Uschi Obermaier) who takes him in. In her flat he finds Peggy and her roommates have a commune-like lifestyle where they kill the men in their lives after five days, but will Thomas realize in time?

SPECIAL FEATURES:

High-definition digital transfer overseen by director Rudolf ThomeSelect scene commentary with Thome and Rainer Langhans, Obermaier's boyfriend and Kommune 1 member who served as inspiration for the film and was on set for the shootRote Sonne between Pop Sensibility and Social Critique - A newly produced visual essay by scholar Johannes von Moltke on Red Sun, which looks at the social and cultural influences on the film and provides context for the era in which it was made (2022, 21 mins)From Oberhausen to the Fall of the Wall: A visual essay by academic and programmer Margaret Deriaz tracing the development of the New German Cinema from the Oberhausen Manifesto to the fall of the Berlin wall (2023, 50 mins approx.)Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters

 

Bonus Materials

• Select scene commentary with Thome and Rainer Langhans, Obermaier's boyfriend and Kommune 1 member who served as inspiration for the film and was on set for the shoot
• From Oberhausen to the Fall of the Wall: A visual essay by academic and programmer Margaret Deriaz tracing the development of the New German Cinema from the Oberhausen Manifesto to the fall of the Berlin wall (2023, 50 mins)
• Rote Sonne between Pop Sensibility and Social Critique - A newly produced visual essay by scholar Johannes von Moltke on Red Sun, which looks at the social and cultural influences on the film and provides context for the era in which it was made (2022, 21

Sales Points

• Blu-ray world premiere
• Released for the first time in the US
• As featured in House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse

Press Quotes

A visceral crime drama that helped to herald the arrival of the post-war New German Cinema and feminine power.

     —BRANDON A. DUHAMEL, Theater Byte

Technical merits are solid and the supplements very appealing. Recommended.

     —JEFFREY KAUFFMAN, Blu-ray.com

Red Sun is an intriguing film. The writing of the picture lays out a plot that would read on paper as an offbeat thriller, but the film is articulated through the gaze of a Godard-influenced artist... if you are really into art house cinema or New German films, I think the film is something you can easily ponder and enjoy.

     —JAKE KEET, Art House Cult

Red Sun deserves a second look due to its complicated political and moral palette and Pop Art visual compositions

     —Paul Gaita, Los Angeles Beat