Decoder // Get Punk'd

Decoder // Get Punk'd

An underground German proto-cyberpunk hit of the early 80s featuring music from Einstürzende Neubauten, Soft Cell, and The The.

By Stray Cat Film Center

Date and time

Thursday, July 10 · 7 - 9pm CDT

Location

Stray Cat Film Center

1662 Broadway Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64108

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Agenda

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Doors Open/Preshow

7:00 PM

Show Starts

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

FM (FM Einheit of Einstürzende Neubauten) has discovered something incredible in the monotonous 'muzak' played through the fast food restaurant H Burger’s speaker system: the tracks are laced with subliminal messages designed to ensure complacency and consumerism. 

An underground hit from Germany's punk and new wave infused youth culture of the early 80s, director Muscha's DECODER blends arresting visuals, urban industrial aesthetics, science fiction, and moments of shocking violence, alongside searing commentary on late 20th century consumerist culture. Co-starring punk icon Christiane Felscherinow and William S. Burroughs in a supporting role and featuring music by Soft Cell, The The and Einstürzende Neubauten, DECODER is a criminally under-seen masterpiece of German weirdness. 

In German/English/Portugese with English subtitles.

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'GET PUNK'D' is a monthly series recognizing the obscurity and unruliness of punk subculture. Ranging from low-budget indie flicks to coming-of-age dramas, these films feature a heavy dose of gritty rock 'n' roll soundtracks, DIY methods, and anti-establishment attitudes.

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Stray Cat Film Center is an artist-run, non-profit micro-cinema. Organized by volunteer programmers, We screen everything from to documentaries to video art to cult films and is open to the entire range of moving image expressions – independent, activist, underground and bizarre. We are a space that supports all of KC’s cinematic communities and celebrates diversity of expression, fun & radical art.

$10.24