#copkiller 1983

[speedwayy]

I WANNA FUCK YOU LIKE AN ANIMAL.

[princesspierpaolo]

copkiller (1983) dir. roberto faenza

[scorpionsundae]

I know Fred was thinking this the whole time

[deadendgoal]

ige tried posting this like 10 times 💔

[multimusiclover]

@strangergraphics

[qeeble]

you are my angel

come from way above

to bring me love

[allthepresidentmen]

a love like blood...copkiller (1983)

its just insane on every possible level that this film is real so i had to edit them because i cant stop bloody thinking about it

[evilfranzkafka]

more fanart for some movie uploaded to youtube with 9k views and 8 likes

[watching-pictures-move]

Movie Review | Copkiller (Faenza, 1983)

So you have Harvey Keitel as a police detective who co-owns a secret apartment with another cop, who has a violent streak, who views weakness with contempt, who covertly keeps a coloured bandana underneath his ankle holster, and who has some tension with the other cop's girlfriend, perhaps out of some kind of sexual jealousy. And you have Johnny Rotten, or I guess we can use his real name, John Lydon, who has some kind of probably sexual fascination with Keitel ("Something gentle about him, something almost maternal, despite his tough guy act"), who is interested in sadomasochism, judging by the pinups he keeps in his apartment, who is maybe running around killing other cops while dressed like a perverted postman. Lydon inserts himself into Keitel's life by surprising him at his apartment, nonconsensually involving Keitel in his kink (although I guess he may have done that too to all the cops he might have killed), and with his masochism and Keitel's sadism, they fall into an extended torture-themed domestic relationship, that's maybe complicated by the presence of that pesky other cop and girlfriend.

Which sounds like one kind of movie, and I guess it does work on that level, but it's directed with a certain distance that gives this a much weirder energy than you'd expect. A lot of the time characters are observed with shots framed wider than you'd expect, so they look smaller compared to their surroundings, letting us watch them like insects as they navigate their environments, the most obvious differences in dynamic being Keitel on the streets (some nice early '80s New York texture; I think I spotted Doctor Butcher, M.D. on a theatre marquee) and Keitel at the police station (at one point nursing a brutal hangover) versus Keitel at home. And Keitel especially seems to initially dial down his emotions, although I suppose by the time he's beating the hell out of Lydon they've been sufficiently unleashed. Which makes sense as they're kinda, sorta making each other complete. Or are they?

If you're wondering how Lydon fares as an actor, I'd say he does pretty well. He has a similar dialed down live wire energy as Keitel, albeit more (overtly) kinky and twinky, and holds his own against the veteran actor. Plus he has a ridiculous bohemian outfit (beret, coloured sunglasses, striped blazer) and later sports a slicked back look that places him in the same lineage as Mick Jagger in Performance. Plus there are good performances from Nicole Garcia and Sylvia Sidney, who are the real only sources of warmth in this movie.

Also, fun fact: this is also known as Order of Death, and Public Image Limited was at one point supposed to do the soundtrack, which is how the song of that name eventually came to be. But instead we have a pretty groovy score by the great Ennio Morricone full of beeping bass and other interesting sounds.

[advancedessence]

Copkiller (1983)

[anitapallenberg]

Copkiller (1983) | Dir. Roberto Faenza

[princesspierpaolo]

copkiller (1983) dir. roberto faenza

[scorpionsundae]

I will never forgive Roberto Faenza for making John Lydon look Like That in Copkiller

[deadendgoal]

hey gang drew my fav <3

[multimusiclover]

My playlist based on copkiller Incase y'all wanna check it out!

[lookoutjoe]

every time a person on this website discovers the 1983 movie Copkiller an angel gains its wings