Where have you gone, 1991? Here's a short piece of video that triggered my - get this - nostalgia! Well, as Caetano Veloso said in 1972, "that's what rock n'roll is all about", so let's rock.
Here we have the fabulously sleazy-chic Udo Kier as the desperately horny Hans in Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho". Udo sprinkles a little Sprockets on Dean Stockwell's Ben in Blue Velvet, and voila - a bit of lampshade cabaret performance for the benefit of River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves that strangely prefigures The Electric 6's "Danger High Voltage" video, which is not very nostalgic at all.
Udo Kier sings about Berlin! New York! Moscow! Tokyo! (wmv download, 10 Megs)
Udo, Udo, Udo. What a cool guy; what an actor. A mesmerizing presence, from Mark of the Devil and Lars Von Trier's The Kingdom, to his latest turn in John Carpenter's short film Cigarette Burns.
I used to see Udo hanging out in front of Live Shop Die on Avenue A at 2 a.m., drinking and chatting with the proprietors.
Long Live Udo. Thanks for the video.
Posted by: WmMBerger | January 17, 2006 at 09:43 PM
Oops! - Kingdom link: http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2939&IssueNum=130
Posted by: WmMBerger | January 17, 2006 at 09:52 PM
"O was taken blindfold by her lover to a secret location..."
Posted by: Luke | January 18, 2006 at 06:36 AM
Isn't this Udo in Andy Warhol's "Dracula"
Posted by: Dale Hazelton | January 18, 2006 at 10:01 AM
The picture sure is, yup. The video is not.
Posted by: Scott | January 18, 2006 at 10:37 AM
wow - gotta see that movie finally! Thanx for this small "clip" - sweet...well, Udo is always simply wonderful....(oh, how pathetic I am?!)
Posted by: bara | February 19, 2006 at 07:03 PM
where the fuck i can download full track ?
fucking thanks for god damn answer.
fuck'em all.
LOL
Posted by: mr john | September 21, 2008 at 04:27 PM