Blue Smoke (1984)

• 73%
• 1984
• Klaus Keske

A dark and moody story of petty thieves, gay lovers, waterfront bars and murder. "Blauer Dunst" is a nostalgic feature out of West-Berlin, made in the tradition of Cocteau, Genet and the early German silents. With it's stylish, grainy photography and claustrophobic intimate scale, director Clemens Fueser's film may actually be more true to the atmosphere of Genet's Querelle than Fassbinder's overblown production.