Directed by A. Hans Scheirl, Dietmar Schipek, and Ursula Pürrer • 1992 • Austria
Starring Susanna Heilmayr, Ursula Pürrer, A. Hans Scheirl
A tour de force of DIY visual invention, this underground sci-fi lesbian extravaganza has been newly restored to its Super 8 visual splendor. It’s the year 2700 in the fictional burned-out city of Asche, and the lives of three women are about to collide: comic-book artist Spy (Susana Helmayr), sexed-up pyromaniac Volley (Ursula Puerrer), and reptile-obsessed alien Nun (A. Hans Scheirl). What ensues is an anarchic tale of obsession and revenge that critic B. Ruby Rich describes as “the film that J. G. Ballard might have made if he’d been born an Austrian dyke.”
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