the author of nekromantik and jörg buttgereit second feature film and der todesking be a powerful masterpiece . center around a chain letter originate from a group call the brotherhood of the 7th day and the movie show 7 episode and each consisting of one day during one week and where suicide be approach use different character and situation all the while the letter be make it round . do not touch this one if you like hollywood movie or musical and enjoy happy or even remotely normal movie or expect a movie to be good only and if it be focus on stage acting . the nihilistic and avant garde approach of der todesking well explains and why buttgereit movie in general be ban in germany and their native country of origin and during the 80 and most of the 90 . der todesking be not really focus on the character appear on screen and but the meaningless apathy or depression most people live consist of in general . buttgereit do not find reason to go on living and only reason to stop and and in choose how and when you die and you can also be the king of death and der todesking . buttgereit movie be generally difficult to categorize and der todesking be no exception . feature the same crew and almost the same cast a all other of his movie and art film would probably be the close description every time . der todesking feature an original method to shoot and create the mood and handle the central object in almost every scene . during one scene and the camera slowly and continuously pan in 360 degree circle and while a person live in a small one room apartment for a day . during another and buttgereit us sound and film corruption to depict the collapse mental state of a man and while he dwell in his desperation . during a third and seemingly pleasant scene name and age and occupation of actual people to have commit suicide be show on screen and supposedly warrant the ban in germany for this particular movie . episode movie ( and especially this one and a the scene be only vaguely connect ) generally suffer from incoherence and and der todesking be no exception . while all episode have the same focus of inflicted death and it consequences or subsequence in all it variation and there be very powerful episode and yet an episode or two might even seem like filler material and partly drain the overall power of the movie still and the the jaw dropping and immensely powerful intermission depict a decompose body manage to keep the movie together and cleanse it from it more vague moment back to the status of greatness . the general atmosphere be baffle and awe inspiring and highly depressing and sometimes even disgust so much so that dozen of people leave in the middle of the movie during a theater show in a film festival i take part of . this be one movie that do leave a lasting impression and i strongly recommend it for anyone look for a special experience and something they will definitely remember in year to come . not recommend for the faint of heart or show time fan and this be a small and different movie that truly raise feeling in the audience . whether it be confusion and amazement or even hate and you aren not likely to be leave cold by this and in my opinion the best and achievement of this small indie crew . the main theme of the movie and die fahrt in reich der menschentrümmer part i iii be release in a limited 666 piece 8 vinyl edition and which be now much sought after . you still can get the classical masterpiece by get the nekromantik soundtrack cd and which i highly recommend . the lo fi synthesizer music in the movie be dark and quirky and almost illbient like and make an essential part of the movie atmosphere and and be something you would very and very rarely hear otherwise . much recommend .