Roland Klick

Roland Klick - Collection

Roland Klick's films are the core of Filmgalerie 451. With only 7 dateless films and his motto "film and audience = cinema" he is fascinating to date.

„Sensuality, credibility and respect for his figures characterize the cinema of Roland Klick. Dazu kommt die Einheit von Mythos und Realismus: Charly Wierzejewski in SUPERMARKT is just a small asphalt rat, but has also a touch of James Dean and the eternal rebel. The two things are the case and shape the true picture of the figure.“ (Hans Schifferle in „Die Süddeutsche“ about the VHS release and the cinema re-release in November 1997)

„...Klick is a legend, on the whole the only one in the last 30 years of cinema. It has become difficult to imagine, that at some point in this country films like the 'Can'-driven acid-existentialist desert-endgame DEADLOCK, the pop-dialectic SUPERMARKT or the utterly self-destructive punk-elegy WHITE STAR were produced ...

Klick himself took care of the edition, it shows in the quality of the prints: correct formats, pin-sharp original material, no muddy colours. Roland Klick is back in town ...“ (Olaf Möller in „folglio“)

„The edition is supplemented by an interview, that reconstructs mongst other things a failure, that keeps hurting the film maker noticeably. Because actually Klick was supposed to film Christiane F's autobiographical novel "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo". After countless screenplay versions and years of preparation this dream shattered in court after disputes with the production company. What is left, are speculations: Would this have been THE west-german film of the seventies? Whoever (re-) discovers Klicks films, is sure: Yes!“ (Annette Kilzer about the VHS edition in „tip“ Berlin)

Further Reading: „Das Kino des Roland Klick“ by Ulrich Berg published by edition filmwerkstatt

Films by Roland Klick on DVD and VHS