|
Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008) 5.3
Ratings:
5.3/10 from 1,114 users
Metascore: 34/100
Reviews: 19 user | 50 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going... See full synopsis » Director:Bruce La BruceWriter:Bruce La Bruce |
| Watch Trailer 0Share... |
News Flash »
'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dead at 51
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Learn more
People who liked this also liked...
The Raspberry Reich
(2004)
Comedy
|
Adult
Director:
Bruce La Bruce
Stars:
Susanne Sachße,
Daniel Bätscher,
Andreas Rupprecht
No Skin Off My Ass
(1993)
Adult
|
Drama
Director:
Bruce La Bruce
Stars:
Bruce La Bruce,
G.B. Jones,
Caroline Azar
Skin Gang
(1999)
Drama
|
Adult
Director:
Bruce La Bruce
Stars:
Steve Masters,
Eden Miller,
Slava Mogutin
Anatomy of Hell
(2004)
Adult
|
Drama
Director:
Catherine Breillat
Stars:
Amira Casar,
Rocco Siffredi,
Alexandre Belin
Hustler White
(1996)
Adult
|
Drama
|
Romance
Directors:
Rick Castro,
Bruce La Bruce
Stars:
Tony Ward,
Bruce La Bruce,
Kevin P. Scott
Maidroid
(2008)
Drama
|
Adult
Director:
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Stars:
Hiroshi Fujita,
Hiroyuki Kaneko,
Masayoshi Nogami
Super 8½
(1994)
Drama
|
Adult
Director:
Bruce La Bruce
Stars:
Bruce La Bruce,
Stacy Friedrich,
Mikey Mike
Satisfactions
(1983)
Adult
|
Comedy
|
Drama
Director:
Gary Graver
Stars:
Rhonda Jo Petty,
Kay Parker,
Robert Kerman
Forced Entry
(1973)
Adult
|
Horror
Director:
Shaun Costello
Stars:
Laura Cannon,
Harry Reems,
Jutta David
A Serbian Film
(2010)
Horror
|
Mystery
|
Thriller
Director:
Srdjan Spasojevic
Stars:
Srdjan Todorovic,
Sergej Trifunovic,
Jelena Gavrilovic
Porno Holocaust
(1981)
Adult
|
Horror
Director:
Joe D'Amato
Stars:
George Eastman,
Dirce Funari,
Annj Goren
Thundercrack!
(1975)
Adult
|
Comedy
|
Horror
Director:
Curt McDowell
Stars:
Marion Eaton,
Melinda McDowell,
George Kuchar
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 |
Jey Crisfar | ... | |
|
|
Marcel Schlutt | ... |
Fritz Fritze
|
|
|
Nicholas Fox Ricciardi | ... |
Young Man in Hooded Sweatshirt
|
|
|
Keith Böhm | ... |
Man in a Suit and Hat
|
|
|
Olivia Barth | ... |
Woman in a Black Burqa /
Woman on Subway #1
|
|
|
Christophe Chemin | ... |
Maximilian
|
|
|
Katharina Klewinghaus | ... |
Medea Yarn /
Lascivious Ballet Dancer #1
|
|
|
Stephanie Heinrich | ... |
Old Woman
(as Stefanie Heinrich)
|
|
|
John Edward Heys | ... |
Old Man
|
|
|
Max Di Costanzo | ... |
Amusement Park Zombie #1
|
|
|
Orion Zombie | ... |
Amusement Park Zombie #2
|
|
|
John Wloch | ... |
Headstone Shop Owner
|
|
|
Guido Sommer | ... |
Adolf
|
|
|
Elliat Graney-Saucke | ... |
Woman on Subway #2
|
|
|
Ramin Farhadi | ... |
Young Boy on Subway
|
Edit
Add Full Plot
|
Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going... See full synopsis »
Parents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
See more »
See full technical specs »
Details
Release Date:
18 September 2008 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Oto See more »Filming Locations:
GermanyBox Office
Opening Weekend:
$3,456 (USA) (7 November 2008)Gross:
$10,942 (USA) (30 January 2009)Company Credits
Production Co:
Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion, Existential Crisis Productions, New Real Films See more »
Show detailed
company contact information
on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Sound Mix:
DolbyAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Edit
See more »
Written and Performed by Bryin Dall
Published by Three Blind Mime, BMI
Courtesy of The Order of the Suffering Clown
See more »
Did You Know?
Quotes
Otto: The living all seem like the same person to me and I don't think I like that person very much.See more »
Crazy Credits
Any resemblance to any person living, dead or undead is purely coincidental. No similarity to any person living, dead or undead is intended or should be inferred. See more »Soundtracks
"The Last 7:38 of Your Life"Written and Performed by Bryin Dall
Published by Three Blind Mime, BMI
Courtesy of The Order of the Suffering Clown
See more »
It takes a certain caliber of film-maker to approach a genre which was intended to horrify its audience and, instead, make it amuse and move them.
I found "Otto; or, Up With Dead People" to be Bruce LaBruce's strongest work to date. The plot was both the most linear and accessible, and at the same time the most convoluted. Even with a lack of chronology, a dizzying metafilm of movie within movie, and multiple points of view and filming techniques, the movie manages to devote more time to standard plot development than previous Bruce LaBruce works.
Perhaps this was necessary to reach out to all the viewers on a more explicit level, and create empathy for a character, who belongs to a group of otherwise reviled monsters. It was quite bizarre to leave the theater relating to characters who had been shown brutally eviscerating each other in graphic detail.
But it is this feeling of commonality with a supposedly terrifying monster that makes the movie powerful and touching. The equivocal metaphor that compares conformist society to zombies is more like a thinly veiled reality: take away the blood and guts and what's the difference between the two?
It goes to show that you don't always need a grandiose and earnest tone to say something significant. Sometimes, the silliest and most ridiculous metaphors are the ones which uncover the most meaningful truth.