Playboys

1998
Director: Pepe Danquart
Short feature film produced by Trans-Film
Actors: Andrei Ujica, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Peter Lohmeyer, Volker Koepp, among others

In this short film by Oscar prize-winner Pepe Danquart, four men (two of the actors are actually noted documentary filmmakers) philosophise about what would be the ideal opening sequence for a big Hollywood movie. The men's fantasies end in fictitious opening credits for a film accompanied by a hugely pompous opening score that stands in ironic contrast to their pretentious discussion prior to that. The film was shot without a script and was improvised as much as possible. It appeared in the short film competition at the 1998 Berlinale film festival.