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The Raspberry Reich

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Hilarious tongue-in-cheek political satire, glamorizing "terrorist chic", and sexing it up to the extreme. You really need an open mind to enjoy this film. Some people focus on the questionable acting, but I believe it was all intentional. The blending of hardcore sex and politics is brilliant. Only Bruce Labruce could pull it off. It's hilarious and titillating, and yes, the plot is ridiculous, but it's meant to be. That's kind of the point. The ridiculousness only emphasizes the underlying message of the film. Make love, not war. Filled with the best catch lines ever, they stick in your mind long after the film ends. "The revolution is my boyfriend" is one of my favorites. I actually found it on a t-shirt online, so, of course, I had to buy it. Some other favorites are: "Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses", "Kiss the captive!", "Madonna is counter-revolutionary", "Have you ever kissed a boy? I mean a boy kissing a boy" and many, many more. The opening scene is so pornographic and comical, you can't help but laugh out loud. As Gudrun shouts political propaganda while having sex with her boyfriend, another member listens while masturbating with a gun in the next room, using it as a phallus, and then shooting off the gun as he climaxes. It's great. It, graphically, prepares you for what's to come (so to speak). I'm sure the use of guns as phallic symbols has crossed everyone's mind, but Bruce Labruce, as usual, takes everything way over the edge. It's all over the top, but it's all good. This is definitely not a film for all tastes, but if you're adventurous, you need to pick this up, and "ride it like a pony".

If you are into hardcore lefty politics, punk rock and hot boy on boy action this film is for you!!! My girlfriend and I LOVED it! We had to go home and have sex after seeing it. "The revolution is my boyfriend!" .

i saw this film in Greece, and i'm sure that the American version is probably a little softer than the Europeon (original cut). But i'm not too sure. This film is fantastic! i cant stress that enough. the cinematagraphy... and just the overall satirical and witty premise of the film is worth watching. I think im going to make a t-shirt that says: "Masturbation is Counter-Revolutionary!" This movie is so smart...

Bruce Labruce is one on the most tragically overlooked directors out there! He is one of the few auteurs working today, and it's a tragedy that so few of his films are available.

The plot of The Raspberry Reich is for the most part irrelevant, should you really want a story its there for you, and its surprisingly entertaining for what it is, even offering a rather touching romantic ending. The art of the movie is the execution and the laugh out loud script that you can quote for days without losing any of the novelty.

While as a whole it isn't my favorite Labruce film, it is one of his most original (and that's saying something)

Cult in every sense of the word!

the best one of bruce labruce's films that i have seen. it has a lot of sex/nudity, but it really makes wonderful crazy sense.

This film is brilliant. If you know anything of how ridiculous revolutionary left political groups tend to be and are interested in how (gayish) sex can help to show up the madness - this is the film for you. The acting is woeful, but that's not the point, in fact i think it's almost deliberately bad. the storyline is loosely based on the real events of the Red Army Faction in 1970s Germany except that it's all viewed through a comic gay prism. "Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses" and "put your marxism where your mouth is" consist some of the clever gay-ified revolutionary slogans littered throughout the film.

Bruce La Bruce has showed his true genius here. whilst pushing an interesting political point about the left he maintains the tongue firmly in the cheek.

This movie is great!! I loved this movie and through the comedy it does have a point in today's societies. "Make love, not war" and "Sex is revolution war is for imperialists". I do think that the movie was trying to point out, if there was less sexphobia in the world, there would be less war because this is where hate is stemmed from "fear". There is one thing that I do have to say is that the sex that was seen was not "play sex" it was real and for that I do commend the writer and director of the movie. For if the sex was "play" the whole premise of the movie would have been lost. I did have to laugh in the movie that they were using George Ws face on a dart board. I recommed seeing this movie just for the laughs and pariody.

I loved this movie and think that the way in which it mangaes to melange porn, propaganda, political activism, and gangster flick genres is just really amazing. AND the soundtrack is super, super cool, if you like non main stream electro.

My wife and I went to see this and absolutely loved it! If youre okay with watching hardcore sex mixed into a film setting, this film is inspirational in more ways than one...

If you watched and enjoyed Shortbus, why not take a look at the filmmaker that is undoubtedly a major influence on John Cameron Mitchell?

Bruce LaBruce is an uncompromising person in a world full of watered-down, milquetoast individuals.

I don't want to ruin this film for you, but if you don't find yourself at the very least intellectually aroused by this film then you're not firing on all cylinders- or you're too vanilla to appreciate it fully.