![]() ![]() Sharing a mutual fascination for the dead, and the macabre, the. It would be easy to look at Nekromantik solely in the context of post-industrial ennui, Cold War alienation, and cinematic voyeurism, but the Nazi imagery, blankly modern exteriors, and self-referential film-within-a-film are employed subtly enough that they don't overwhelm the movie's desire to simply thrill you by giving literal form to everyone's most primordial fears. ![]() Where a flick like Weekend at Bernie's employs dead bodies for cheap slapstick and a film like Kissed uses necrophilia as a tasteful philosophical metaphor, Nekromantik digs up richer humor and more visceral poetry: sex and death stripped of everything except their absurd power.
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