From the Vault: Zuckerbaby

The first of three films director Percy Adlon made with actress Marianne Sägebrecht, Zuckerbaby (Sugar Baby) is a strange, new wave romance between a disaffected, lonely woman and the U-Bahn conductor she sights one day and goes to increasingly-obsessive lengths to meet. Cinematographer Johanna Heer (Decoder) saturates each shot with neon hues, perfect for this ode to fleeting passion, public transportation, and chocolate bars. This 35mm print, donated to the Film Studies Center after its retirement from distribution, has its fair share of scratches, adding a patina that transforms the otherwise spotless subway stations of Munich into something more familiar to American eyes. (Percy Adlon, West Germany, 1985, 86 mins, 35mm) 

“From the Vault” highlights intriguing works from the FSC film collection. Always presented on celluloid!