The 120 Days of Bottrop

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).

Short film created with students of the university of Offenbach.

The last hours in the lives of Hitler and his associates.

An early declaration of war on narrative cinema, using a barrage of visual and acoustic elements while at the same time juggling ironically - as he still does - with the term 'avant-garde'. A number of other preferences and obsessions were evident at an early stage, e.g. the mind-numbing habit of having his people stumbling and screaming around: life as a race track. His films likewise feature a lot of theatrical and cryptic outpourings. No wonder that they failed at the box office. No wonder either, however, that Schlingensief was attracted to theatre.

Mein 1. Film is the first short film shot by Schlingensief at the age of 8 with some “friends of the basement” and featuring a drama divided into three acts. Recurring elements of his cinematography such as narrative parody and cinema as a creative collective moment – already make their appearance in this very early piece. -http://videoex.ch/de/2016/programm/christoph-schlingensief-film-als-neurose/christoph-schlingensief-1-kurzfilme/mein-1-film-in-3-teilen/

An early short film by Christoph Schlingensief, that is already dealing with German bourgeoisie and reality tv.

The funny clown Bratislav Metulskie is found dead in circus "Apollo". The retired commissioner 00 Schneider is asked to assume control of the case. Schneider and his aged sidekick Körschgen investigate to find the murderer.

This black and white silent film with music by Helge Schneider, starring Udo Kier as a vampire and Alfred Edel as an Indian chief was commissioned by the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf to inaugurate their cinema organ. The look and feel of the film stems from the silent film era, but the camp style and over use of clichéd characters bears the trade mark of Schlingensief all over. “I love all things kitsch, like opera, and I feel inspired by music. I was interested in silent film but not a great deal”, said the director.

This is one of the short "crime movies", that the young Schlingensief shot with amateur actors and no budget in the 70´s. Mummys boy wants to get famous by shooting a movie with his friends - of course, everything goes wrong...