It’s been a long time since I’ve heard hushed whispers of the subversive German thriller, Der Fan. Written and directed by the late West German provocateur Eckhart Schmidt, this film was never banned formally, more so shunned due to both its content and the onscreen depiction of its 16-year-old teenage star, Désirée Nosbusch, as well as least one other likely teenage girl. You probably have a sense of what I’m about to write, and damn, do I have mixed feelings writing about this film. In the last year, we’ve discovered a massive global problem with pedophilia and trafficking of children, particularly of young girls. And I’ve just seen the new 4K restoration of this 1982 film in all its full-frontal audacity. There are few actual...
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