A 15-minute fever dream defending Hollywood's most chaotic late-career meltdowns.
Otto Preminger wasn't only one of the most famous directors of classic Hollywood. He was a presence, a brand, and the only one who rivaled Hitchcock as the greatest showman and self-promoter of his generation. But toward the end of his career, his attempts to "get with the times" (with films like Skidoo, Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon, Such Good Friends, Hurry Sundown, and others) shocked, alienated, and outright repelled audiences. What happened to Otto and how can one best appreciate and enjoy those confounding later works?
Editing
Frantic montage treating Skidoo like lost Kubrick.
Direction
Kremer's unhinged narrator-as-possessed-acolyte energy.
Director
Daniel Kremer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kremer spent years programming actual Preminger retrospectives before making this; the title parodies the German release name for Dr. Strangelove.
The 'Tree-Climber Otto' refers to Preminger's infamous 1971 Playboy interview where he discussed his love of climbing trees nude.
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