Berlin Calling

The main character in the movie, Martin(a.ka. Ickarus), takes drugs to relax.  His life is pretty hectic and he takes pills that relaxes him and makes him sleep.  He also takes what looks like cocaine and that would be taken to wake up and do his job.  While he djs he takes MDMA and other pills.  Ickarus' fans also take uppers during his shows so they can party and dance all night.  The subculture that Ickarus is in focuses on drugs mainly to party and let go of everyday stuff.  Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll seem to go together in any culture.  Berlin Calling depicts the majority of the people in my subculture the difference however is that the standard in my home society is drug free and family is always first, some still feel the need to take excessive amount of drugs in order to express themselves. Similar U.S. movies would be Blow, and Casino however, these movies are still nothing like Berlin Calling in the sense that it is less censored.

Europe is always a couple steps ahead of the United States when it comes to party experimental type drugs and party dance trance music stuff but other than that the Untied States culture is just as much the same as European culture. Cult movie culture however is different in the United States than in Europe because movies in the United States are more censored than in Europe. 

I connected this movie to the book/movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, especially when he was in the rehab facility. Some of the connections I made were to do with the Nurse and Ickarus' relationship.  Many would think that the nurse is the bad person hurting the patient with weird pills that don't help but instead cause pain.  However the nurse is just trying everything possible to help the patient and yes sometimes in order to get off of drugs one must take other drugs to help.  This movie actually depicts majority of the people in my subculture which is music festivals and other music based social society.  The only difference between the United States festival subculture and the Europe subculture is that they are different countries and that is it for the most part.  Mainly in my subculture it's a drug free vibe and everyone believes that everyone is family and such but some feel the need to take excessive amount of drugs in order to express themselves just like in many other cultures.  I enjoyed watching this movie and enjoyed the class discussion after as well. I have seen it once before a long time ago but did not notice until about mid way through the movie.  It was interesting watching at an older age and having experienced such concerts that Ickarus performs.