Freakstars 3000
2003 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 221 VOTES · DIR. Christoph Schlingensief
Overview
As stated in the opening titles and at the end Freakstars 3000 is supposed to be a commentary on the problems of the non-disabled people. The more I was shocked about how the disabled were depicted in this film the more I started to realize that in every non-disabled TV counterpart of this show (German TV shows like ""Popstars"" or ""Friedmann"" or the home shopping channels) its mentally ""non-handicapped"" participants are treated in a completely identical way: The total prostitution of the mind in front a huge TV audience at the expense of one's most important gifts one should hang on to: dignity. On the other hand one could completely understand people who are furious about ""exploiting"" these handicapped persons. But that's what Schlingensief's works are all about: shock people and don't care about those who cannot or will not try to get the message (if there is one).
Dialogue Timeline — 986 lines
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00:00:00 Film fans!
00:03:34 And now: the Press Club!
00:06:43 Someone comes with a cart and pulls it up like that...
00:09:54 Not here. All of that. Watering, raking, mowing
00:12:56 Now contestant no. 8!
00:16:09 standing on the heath..."
00:19:37 And then?
00:23:01 then shoot you, murder, and if they don't break into your house...
00:26:11 No personal attacks, concentrate on our topics.
00:29:12 Congratulations!
00:32:19 and not a con... convict!
00:36:25 It'll be a tight finish!
00:38:45 They're hung by their feet on a chain
00:41:56 After two minutes, a second gong.
00:45:56 Not today. It's better.
00:49:19 Follow his lead.
00:52:08 The trees so green and the hills fa la ra...
00:55:38 The Press Club! Today's topic: Love and sex in Germany!
00:58:27 I'm here in front of the Thiele-Winckler House. The hostage...
01:01:41 Now our song! Let's go!
01:04:34 and has to be discontinued six days before an operation.
01:07:40 "...like he, like he used to be..."
01:11:52 The SPD admitted it! - You ripped me off!
03:00:00 with all the candidates' songs