Full Metal Village (2006)

Director:

Sung Hyung Cho

Writer:

Sung Hyung Cho (writer)

Release Date:

19 April 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot Keywords:

Heavy Metal | Culture Clash | Rural Life | Church | Farm Life

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Uwe Trede	...	Himself
Lore Trede	...	Herself
Klaus H. Plähn	...	Himself
Irma Schaack	...	Herself
Eva Waldow	...	Herself
Ann-Kathrin Schaack	...	Herself
Malena Schaack	...	Herself
Norbert Venohr	...	Himself
Birte Venohr	...	Herself
Henning Halver	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Blasmusik trifft Heavy Metal - Das Wacken Open Air Festival (Germany) (TV title)

Runtime:

90 min | Germany:52 min (TV version)

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Company:

Flying Moon Filmproduktion

Movie Connections:

References Full Metal Jacket (1987)

"facts" sometimes are just well-disguised lies

"The film is supposed to be a portrait of the lives of the people from Wacken, what they do for living and how they think about these five days when more than 60.000 (75.000 in 2007) long haired, evil looking "metalheadz" conquer their small untouched world. As I said, it is supposed to be...." (from the previous post) In my opinion this is a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of movies in general and this precious piece of documentary especially. Did the director hold a press conference before the filming began, where she stated something along the lines of "my movie will be a portrait of the lives of the people from Wacken, what they do for a living and how they think..."? We must not confuse our own expectations with somebody else's supposed intentions. The very essence of every piece of art is its non-explicitness! This movie is so full of rich observations beyond the ordinary TV crap that probably would never have been possible had the director taken a more "investigative" approach, e.g. stalking people with "how do you feel about this and that" kind of questions. What the previous poster does not seem to be aware of: Sometimes not asking too eagerly might be the only way to get an honest answer.