Gudrun has modeled her amateur German terrorist group after the 1970s Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang). She attempts to imitate her heroes by kidnapping the son of a wealthy industrialist and hopes to negotiate leftist demands from the father. When Gudrun’s not spouting leftist verses (including during a hilariously brilliant fuck session), she’s trying to convince her all-male gang to abandon their heterosexuality, which she believes is the result of mass delusion.
Direction
LaBruce's unhinged agitprop aesthetic
Writing
Manifesto dialogue delivered mid-coitus
Practical Effects
Unsimulated sex as political praxis
Director
Bruce LaBruce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bruce LaBruce coined 'homopunk' and was part of Toronto's queer zine scene before making this. The film directly parodies the Baader-Meinhof Gang's commodified revolutionary image.
The 'fuck for the revolution' scenes were shot guerrilla-style in Berlin, with cast members who were actual sex workers and activists, blurring documentary and fiction.
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