1. What do drugs mean to Ickarus?
They mean release from his woes about his music and possibly set his mind at ease for his music. It helps him "get back on track" and remove the thoughts of his problems that he has in his life.
2. Why, when, and how are his fans taking drugs, and which drugs do they take?
They seemingly take the drugs to become more easily transformed by the music. They take the drugs before, during, and after the show. They buy them from dealers at the show and continually take them at the show. They take crystal, keta. MDHD, and ecstasy.
3. While we can see that his drug habits get him ill and into a psychosis, and while we witness his relapse and inability to work successfully, why does the subculture Ickarus is in focus on drugs?
The drugs are the culture, I think that they all take them because seemingly everyone else is taking them and it is a never ending cycle. They continually take the drugs and see others taking the drugs so they just continue and so do the up and coming generations.
4. Compare the standards you know from your home society with the people you see depicted in this movie. Which are the stark differences and contrasts?
It is hard to compare and contrast the different cultures from which I know and the cultures depicted in the movie. I imagine that the club scene and the drug scene is very similar here in the states. In the small club scene that is downtown St. Cloud there is not near the drug use or the rampant drug use in the open. I would say that the biggest difference is the vast amount of drugs being used and the ease that everyone in the clubs seem to obtain them.
5. Germany is considered a strong industrial nation the world over. Do you think that the youth culture as depicted here could change that? How about work ethics of Ickarus and of Alice, the label director who fires and then re-signs him?
Yes, most definately this culture could change this. If this culture is used to party all the time there will be no time for work or responsibilities. The work ethics of the main characters is pretty lazy or relaxed to say the least. All are just trying to make money fast and party. No body depicted is willing to put in any effort to their life, its just one big party to all of them.
6. Which similar "cult movies" of US origin have you seen, if any?
Maybe to movie Blow, this is another movie that glorifies the use of drugs and that sort of lifestyles that can kill. Another one could be "One flew over the Cocos Nest." This one also shows what a man is capable of when making poor decisions.
7. Personal Reaction
Movies like this are hard to judge a reaction too. The glorified drug scene doesn't always look all bad. Movies like this glorify it so much that it almost looks appealing. That is until you see the underside of the drug use, the drug use puts such a toll on these youths that it is almost regretful that they continually and continually do it. The movie is reasonably eye opening just as any drug drama is, the effects of these drugs not only on the individual but on all whom surround the user is never lost on me.
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