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Director: Peter Sempel
Cast: Blixa Bargeld, Campino, Nick Cave, Gudrun Gut
A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich. Losely based on Voltaire's satire "Candide".
Critical Reception & Ratings
Dandy (1988), directed by Peter Sempel, is a music documentary that features a selection of scenes with artists like Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen, and Lene Lovich. Though loosely based on Voltaire's satire 'Candide', the film has been received as an experimental and unconventional work that offers a unique perspective on the music scene.
Why you might like this:
Fans of avant-garde music and experimental cinema will appreciate the unique, surreal vignettes of 1988's Dandy, directed by Peter Sempel. Featuring captivating performances from Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, and other underground music icons, the film offers a visually striking and unconventional exploration of Voltaire's Candide.
A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies. A dandy could be a self-made man both in person and persona, who emulated the aristocratic style of life regardless of his middle-class origin, birth, and background, especially during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Britain.
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