Bedways (2010)

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

"Bedways" is a German movie from 2010, so it already has its 7th anniversary this year. The writer and director is Rolf Peter Kahl and even if he is mostly known for being an actor really, he still has some films under his belt where he was the man in charge. And the sad thing is that even if this film turned out so bad here, it still did not keep him from making more films. Anyway, apparently here we have a film on film as several character are re-enacting scenes from an upcoming movie or something. It never feels authentic though. There is a lot of sex, masturbation in here and also when the action is not explicit, we gets tons of dirty talk and sexual innuendo. I have no problem with that if they manage to create a convincing plot around all this nudity, but they did not. Not at all. With the final masturbation scene, it almost felt as if Kahl surrendered and just kept going by turning this into porn, so that at least people would talk about it and care about it to some extent, so it would not be entirely forgettable. He probably succeeded from that embarrassing perspective. As for the acting in here, it is on par with the script and elevates the really weak screenplay on no occasion. I very much wonder why actors would want to appear in here. I cannot believe anybody saw something artistic in the plot here. the most known cast member is probably Laura Tonke who did amazing last year, also at the German Film Awards, but this film is evidence that not even for her everyone's a winner. Overall, I'd recommend to stay away from this one. The worst thing about it is probably, also with the quote towards the end, it actually takes itself seriously and thinks of itself as an artistic achievement. I don't think it's nowhere near such a description. It's with very few exceptions (scenes and sequences) a failure from start to finish and I myself was glad it runs for only 75 minutes. Stay far far away.

Is it a philosophic porno? Its a little fine stage play, on its best way. Its about desire, obsession for mankind, and so this can be seen as a bridge to be a political movie. The figures are clean and with our empathy They are confronted with our hard reality and all its contradictions. So hardcore? The camera is with the actors, and so they are not lost helpless in their fears, we can smell them and embrace them, we all need love like this. Its some kind of Zeitgeist-movie, but not only German / Berlin. The movie is a laboratory of our feelings, and life.. Its the game with ourself confidence, and tries to understand the stranger in us. Thats really thrilling like an action movie, Bedways it's a movie on the road, a trip through our soul, lets keep there, we are all artworks! Nude bodies are not as an end of itself, we start being our selves in bare bodies. What is love, sex, how do I find it? Is sex love? Do I want great love or better sex? Is love sexy? Extential questions, not all answered, but great films put questions, not answer all questions. Its more than a erotic asking! This movie you can see again and again!

I've seen this movie a couple days ago. Story was so complicated so realizing what the movie try to say was really hard. Another hard thing is enduring watch to the end. Normally I prefer watching movies till the end cos maybe film can be better soon but this time u gonna see when u watch either this not gonna happen, i mean movie will begin bad and gonna end like this. Totally waste of time. Don't even try to watch it. Camera angles were terrible and it was shoot like a holiday shoot. Even if its a amateur film the director should obey some rules. He could use a better technology for example. Anyway look where ever u want it was awful.

It's really a brilliant film about sex, love and desire. With great music, located in Berlin and yes, with graphic sex scenes, but no porn! I've seen this film at cinema, also on DVD (with interesting bonus material. It's shot in an unusual ratio, in 4 : 3. But I think, it works, because it looks like a portrait of the 3 heroes, because of this format. It's German, but I think, this is of course not a normal German movie. Bedways is much more international, really! Some words about the actors: The performance of the lead actress Miriam Mayet is awesome! She has a remarkable presence, not only at the great masturbation scene in one take, without a cut for around 10 minutes! BEDWAYS is for me a fascinating film project and real independent cinema from a wild brand new director from Berlin/ Germany, called RP Kahl! May be in some areas you will see this movie only in a "soft" version. So check out the original DVD ore the original festival print from Germany!