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Where is 'Chaos' heard

posted 20 years ago by nevilley
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Hi, can some very nice person please tell me where in the film the Herbert Grönemeyer song "Chaos" is heard? It's on the (excellent) soundtrack CD but I haven't yet spotted where it is in the film.

I apologise if it's horribly obvious! Just call me unobservant. :)

Thanks.

[–] nevilley 20 years ago

Is it possible it's just not in the film? I am told by a usually-reliable source that this can happen - either it just got stuck on the CD just because they liked it, or else it was in a part of the film that is now deleted? I've certainly failed to find it on yet another run through the film - I suppose it could be a very quick usage in a minor scene or something?? Any help please? :)

[–] votomsotaku 20 years ago

It can be faintly heard in the car when cassiel jumps through the sunroof of the car. Im a huge herbert groenemeyer fan, "kaufen" is great simple fun. Its great to see that other people love this movie. I saw and appreciated this film greatly when i was in middle school and havent watched it in over a year. What a shame.

[–] nevilley 20 years ago

Hi votomsotaku

Thanks very much for the reply. It's very kind of you.

I checked and looked a bit more and actually that is not quite right, or not on my DVD anyway - the car scene (an excellent moment!) is accompanied by, I think, by "Call Me" by the House of Love.

However (small fanfare!) I *have* now found where the Grönemeyer track is played - this is in the scene where Peter Falk is trying to get the (somewhat lost) taxi driver to take him to an address in East Berlin. Rummelsbergstrasse (?) or something I think. It's very brief AND quiet - it's just because the driver has it on his radio, I think - but it's there!

On one of the websites Wenders comments that the song had a better place in the film in a scene that was then cut, and sounds a bit apologetic, as well he might, for this pretty brief exposure! However, it is what got me into Grönemeyer's music (finding it on the soundtrack album even though I could not find it in the film) so I cannot complain. I went to the last concert of the "Mensch" tour in Düsseldorf and it was fantastic!

Thanks again for your help.

N