Product Details

• Actors: Andreas Troeger, Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Joerg Buttgereit, Olaf Ittenbach
• Directors: Andreas Troeger
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 80
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Technology.Artist
• DVD Release Date: February 24, 2008
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0014ML7D2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,757 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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About the Director

Born and raised in Munich, Germany, Andreas Troeger has been living in New York City since 1992, when he was awarded a DAAD scholarship to study film at NYU. He has edited over 600 Broadcast TV shows, realized over 10 independent films, documentaries and created numerous internationally shown video installations - many of them in association with Nam June Paik. Intrigued by the avant-garde he collaborated early in his carrier with performers (Alexeij Sagerer, Lennie Johnson, Angela Dauber, Elke Rindfleisch and Rachel Cohen), video artists (Paul Garrin and Nam June Paik) and filmmakers (Iara Lee and Nick Zedd) alike. "The 'Out of The Ordinary' is an element in almost all of his works. He provokes the viewer on a visual and acoustical level. As a virtuoso of camera, sound and editing techniques, Troeger exploits his media in every conceivable manner." (Eva Kuttenberg Ph.D.) He graduated from the Film Academy in Munich and studied film production at NYU. Previously educated in computer technology he became involved in many cyber space projects as the Internet evolved. Currently he works for New York Broadcast Television and creates documentaries, fashion videos, promotionals and avant-garde films.

Product Description

"Kill The Artist" reveals the extreme measures lawmakers and critics go through to censor Avant-Garde artists, who walk the fine line between art, perversion, religion and devious sexual behavior. "Kill The Artist" is a documentary about artists who got into trouble with the law because of their art-works. Even cartoonist Mike Diana was indicted in his home state of Florida for indecency. He was charged with three counts of obscenity in 1994, spent time in prison and was not allowed to draw for three years. In 2003, after fleeing to New York, Mike showed his artwork in a secret exhibition in Brooklyn. Using never before seen footage along with rare films from Richard Kern, Nick Zedd and German filmmakers Jörg Buttgereit and Olaf Ittenbach, Kill The Artist takes a look at the ultimate power play -- Sex and Death. In the film Richard Kern says, "We wanted it to be as hard as possible. The only restriction we had was, who would do what we wanted to be done." While in the western world violent life like re-enactments of rape and death on film thrive, investigative Journalist and author Yaron Svoray, explains in the film that the reality of sex crimes show how cheap life really can be. His investigation of snuff-movies leads him into the war in Bosnia. As Svoray explains: "Eventually two or three girls are pulled into a classroom and there is a communal rape. When it's finished, one of the guys just says, 'kill the bitches.'" Diana says of the experience: "In a way it was almost flattering that they would feel so strongly. I felt that my artwork must have been effective." "Kill The Artist" reveals the extreme measures lawmakers and critics go through to censure avant-garde artists who walk the fine line between art, perversion, religion and devious sexual behavior.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review by Phil Hall - FilmThreat, March 6, 2008

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This review is from: Kill The Artist (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

Be forewarned: Andreas Troeger's documentary "Kill the Artist," an examination on extreme art, is not for the squeamish. The film is packed with drawings, photographs, film footage and video clips of performance art that shreds all known concepts of good taste - torture, mutilation, and scatological humiliation are part for the course here.

Included in the mix is artist Mark Diana (who was arrested and briefly jailed in Florida in 1994 for creating obscene comic books), filmmakers Richard Kern and Jörg Buttgereit, and the self-described "sadist" known as The Baroness. They are represented with plenty of graphic examples of their respective work. There is also a clip from a film called "The Woman on the Door" that purportedly shows a woman dying during a rough bondage sex session. Kill The Artist