Oh well, actually I do. I just watched the 90-minute "Decoder", a (despite the title) West German predominantly German-language film from 1984, so this one is already over 30 years old. It is one of the rare directorial efforts by "Muscha" (???), but the writer Klaus Maeck is slightly more prolific, at least as a producer in the three decades after this film. This one here is actually a really early career effort by him. Now back to the title of my review here, with that I mean of course that I am absolutely clueless about the contents of this movie or what the makers were trying to depict and teach us. It did not connect with me on any level. Maybe you really need to be / have been extremely deep into a certain music scene or political scene perhaps even (back then in Germany) to see any appeal in this one and this means I am most certainly disqualified. So this one here is the epitome of a film that is not for the masses. It is only really for very few and I am definitely not among these as I found it almost annoying to watch (effects, colors) and listen to (music). The acting also was stale and bland and this is already gently-speaking. No cinematic value in here at all for me and I have to give this one a major thumbs-down. Stay far away from this one. It's not bold, not beautiful and especially not creative despite trying so hard. Just amateurish.
Review of Decoder
