Otto; or Up with Dead People

Otto; or, Up with Dead People

Directed by	Bruce LaBruce
Produced by	Bruce LaBruce Jurgen Brüning Jörn Hartmann
Written by	Bruce LaBruce
Starring	Jey Crisfar Marcel Schlutt Nicholas Fox Ricciardi Keith Boehm Olivia Barth
Cinematography	James Carman
Edited by	Jörn Hartmann
Release dates	November 7, 2008 (2008-11-07)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany Canada
Language	English German
Box office	$11,295^[1]

Otto; or, Up with Dead People is a 2008 Canadian and German queer cinema horror film. The film was directed by Bruce LaBruce and stars Jey Crisfar, Marcel Schlutt, Nicholas Fox Ricciardi and Gio Black Peter.

Plot

The film is about a zombie named Otto who hitched a ride to Berlin and begins to explore the city. Otto is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf. Medea is trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on and convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past life, remembering details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met.

Cast

Jey Crisfar as Otto
Marcel Schlutt as Fritz Fritze
Nicholas Fox Ricciardi as Man in Hooded Sweatshirt
Keith Boehm as Man in a Suit and Hat
Olivia Barth as Woman in Black Burga
Christophe Chemin as Maximilian
Katharina Klewinghaus as Medea Yarn
Gio Black Peter as Rudolph
Bürger P.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack (released on CD and as a Limited Double LP on the Crippled Dick Hot Wax label) contains an eclectic selection of pieces by contemporary musicians. Among them: Antony and the Johnsons, CocoRosie, The Homophones, Othon Mataragas and Ernesto Tomasini.

Reception

Critical reception for Otto; or Up with Dead People has been negative and the film currently holds a rating of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews.^[2]

References

↑ Otto; or, Up with the Dead People - Box Office Mojo Retrieved 2010-05-27.
↑ "OTTO; OR UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

External links

Films directed by Bruce LaBruce

Short films	Boy, Girl (1987) I Know What It's Like to Be Dead (1987) Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies (1988), co-directed with Candy Parker A Case for the Closet (1992) The Post Queer Tour (1992) Slam! (1992) Come As You Are (2000) Give Piece of Ass a Chance (2007) The Bad Breast, or The Case of Theda Lange (2010) Weekend in Alphaville (2010)

Feature films	No Skin Off My Ass (1993) Super 8½ (1994) Hustler White (1996), co-directed & written with Rick Castro Skin Flick / Skin Gang (1999) The Raspberry Reich (2004) Otto; or Up with Dead People (2008) L.A. Zombie (2010) Gerontophilia (2013) Pierrot Lunaire (2014) Ulrike's Brain (TBA)

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