Die Katze aka The Cat
Lovers of a cool, well-planned heist, and a cool well-planned heist movie could do a lot worse than looking up Die Katze (The Cat), a big hit in Germany in 1988 which failed to ripple much elsewhere. More fool elsewhere. It’s stylish too, and slightly offbeat, starting with opening credits featuring a man and woman indulging in languid lovemaking to Eric Burdon singing the film’s theme song – Good Times (“When I think of all the good times that I’ve wasted having good times”). Titles over and ejaculation achieved, the man immediately moves to pick up his shirt. His female partner is obviously unfulfilled. We’ve met our antihero – a guy who hasn’t … Read more
