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Christian Genzel
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Filmemacher, Filmjournalist, Podcaster.
We're thrilled that our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO will be screened at the Razor Reel Film Fest in Bruges, Belgium! It'll be shown tomorrow, November 1, at 1.30pm - followed by a screening of Howard Ziehm's FLESH GORDON.
www.razorreel.com/en/za-1-nov
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I've had the wonderful opportunity to talk to Steven Lisberger, creator of the original TRON, to discuss his other sci-fi adventure: a 1989 dystopian adventure called SLIPSTREAM starring Bill Paxton & Mark Hamill.
Enjoy!
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#44 - "I was always competing with TRON": Director Steven Lisberger about his sci-fi adventure SLIPSTREAM - Talking Pictures
Today’s conversation was a hugely thrilling and exciting occasion for me, because the man I spoke to is a true pioneer and a legend of sci-fi cinema, and the movie which he’s most famous for is one wh...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I'm excited to announce that our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO: THE WILD JOURNEY OF AMERICAN CINEMA'S FIRST OUTLAW will be screened twice at the PornFilmFestival Berlin this week!

Friday October 24 - 8.45pm (Moviemento)
Saturday October 25 - 6pm (Babylon Kreuzberg)
October 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO will be screened at the Festival du nouveau cinéma (nouveaucinema.bsky.social) in Montréal, Canada, today (October 13 - 3.30pm) and on Thursday (October 16 - 9pm)! I'll do a Q&A at both screenings!
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wir haben im Lichtspielplatz mit TRON-Regisseur Steven Lisberger gesprochen - aber über einen Film, der noch nicht so detailliert behandelt wurde. In SLIPSTREAM schickte er Bill Paxton & Mark Hamill in einer Welt nach dem Klimakollaps in ein Abenteuer rund um einen des Mordes angeklagten Androiden.
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Another talented filmmaker I met at last month's Oldenburg Film Festival was Jorge Florez Arcila from Colombia. He was there for the world premiere of his short film THE FLOWER OF FEAR, which won the award for Best Short Film.
October 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It was great to be able to meet so many creative, cool & like-minded filmmakers at this year's Oldenburg Film Festival. These two gentlemen here are director Alejandro Castro Arias & his producer Juan Galindo, whose feature film debut HARAKIRI I MISS YOU won the award for Best First Film!
October 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I have so many wonderful memories of this year's Oldenburg Film Festival. Met a ton of great people & amazing artists, had 2 fantastic screenings of our doc FINDING PLANET PORNO & just had a lot of fun chatting with everybody about this strange & beautiful passion of ours: making & watching movies.
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm absolutely honored that the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal, Canada (@nouveaucinema.bsky.social) has selected our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO for this year's program & call it the "EASY RIDER of sex documentaries" – wow!
Festival du nouveau cinéma | Finding Planet Porno: The Wild Journey of American Cinema's First Outlaw
Open your eyes wide. Sharpen your senses. And dive headfirst into the incredible story of the birth of the American porn industry in cinemas. Told through the many adventures of filmmaker Howard Ziehm...
nouveaucinema.ca
October 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO: THE WILD JOURNEY OF AMERICAN CINEMA'S FIRST OUTLAW gets a mention by The Hollywood Reporter as part of an article about the line-up of this week's Oldenburg film festival! Makes you feel kinda grown-up.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Kristen Stewart’s Directorial Debut ‘The Chronology of Water’ to Close Oldenburg
Stewart's first feature as a director premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes and was picked up for North America by The Forge.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
One last photo from this year's BUT Film Festival, with festival director Ryan Oomen. It was a pleasure and an honor to be invited to present our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO & meet so many cool, like-minded people. And now it's off to my next stop: the Oldenburg film festival!
September 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
At the BUT Film Festival, I shared an AirBnB with British filmmaker Jim Groom – a perfect opportunity to watch Jim's films REVENGE OF BILLY THE KID and ROOM 36! Both films are wonderfully deranged & stylish, have a wicked sense of humor, and they're shot on gloriously grainy 16mm – a real discovery!
September 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Such a pleasure to meet Brazilian filmmaker Rodrigo Aragão, producer Mayra Alarcón & actor Caio Macedo at the BUT Film Festival! They presented their latest film PRÉDIO VAZIO & their previous film O CEMITÉRIO DAS ALMAS PERDIDAS. Love how they combine gripping horror, gore & poetic storytelling.
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm thrilled & honored to announce that our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO will be screened at this year's Oldenburg Film Festival! Amazing - this festival was listed as one of the "25 coolest film festivals in the world" by MovieMaker Magazine.
September 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
One of these two gentlemen is an 11-time world kickboxing champion. So cool to meet Don "The Dragon" Wilson at this year's BUT Film Festival and chat about his movies, his work with Roger Corman, his memories of his best friend Chris Penn, and much more!
September 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I just came back from the BUT Film Festival in Breda, Netherlands, where our doc FINDING PLANET PORNO played on a double feature with FLESH GORDON, which I also presented. Excellent screening with a great turnout & a wonderful festival in general. Check out the cool blurbs in their official program!
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Cult actor Don Keith Opper & his brother, producer Barry Opper, will be guests at this year's Oldenburg Film Festival, Germany, for a tribute to Don's films – and I'm very proud to serve as a host for the screenings of their movies! The retrospective includes ANDROID, SLAM DANCE & CRITTERS 1+2.
August 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Our documentary FINDING PLANET PORNO will be screened at the BUT Film Festival (butff.nl) in Breda, the Netherlands, on Sat, August 30 at 2pm! At 5pm, there will also be a screening of FLESH GORDON. I will be present at both screenings!

More festival news & details on our US premiere coming soon!
August 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NEUE PODCAST-Folge! Wir reden im Lichtspielplatz über Gus Van Sants FINDING FORRESTER, in dem Sean Connery einen zurückgezogenen, legendären Schriftsteller spielt - und haben dazu auch den Drehbuchautoren Mike Rich im Interview.
www.wilsonsdachboden.com/2025/08/find...
Lichtspielplatz #79: FORRESTER - GEFUNDEN! - Schreibkurs bei Sean Connery (Gast: Drehbuchautor Mike Rich)
In Gus Van Sants FINDING FORRESTER (bei uns FORRESTER - GEFUNDEN!) lernt ein junger Teenager aus der Bronx zufällig den legendären, komplett zurückgezogen
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August 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NEUE PODCAST-EPISODE! Im Lichtspielplatz lassen wir uns von Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper & Jack Nicholson in den LSD-Filmen THE TRIP (1967) und PSYCH-OUT (1968) in die Innenwelten der Gegenkultur führen. Wir reden darüber, wie das mit EASY RIDER zusammenhängt.
www.wilsonsdachboden.com/2025/07/the-...
Lichtspielplatz #78 - THE TRIP und PSYCH-OUT: Das LSD-Porträt der Gegenkultur
Nicht nur die Faszination der Gegenkultur für Bikergangs führt zu EASY RIDER (siehe Episode #77 über THE WILD ANGELS), sondern auch ihre Experimente mit
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July 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Am Wochenende (28./29.6.) findet im Salzburger Messezentrum die Level-Up-Gaming-Messe statt - und ich werde zusammen mit Videospiel-Veteran Winnie Forster am Stand von Gameplan Bücher anzutreffen sein (Halle 10, Segment E). Schaut gerne bei uns auf einen Retro-Plausch vorbei!
www.levelup-salzburg.at
June 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Im Lichtspielplatz-Bonusmaterial tauchen wir (exklusiv für unsere Steady-Supporter) tiefer in die Bikerfilm-Welt ein - u.a. reden wir über den einflussreichen Vorgänger DER WILDE (1953) mit Marlon Brando & über den Experimentalfilm SCORPIO RISING (1963) v.Kenneth Anger.
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Bonusmaterial - Marlon Brando, Kenneth Anger und weitere Bikerfilme!
Im Bonusmaterial zur Bikerfilm-Folge sprechen wir u.a. über die Vorgänger: DER WILDE mit Marlon Brando & SCORPIO RISING v. Kenneth Anger - und über zig andere Bikerfilme!
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June 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Ich war Gast bei Heinrich Lenhardt im Spieleveteranen-Podcast! Wir haben über d. SPACE-QUEST-Nachfolger SPACEVENTURE geredet, der nur 13 Jahre nach dem Kickstarter fertig wurde (& damit Chris Roberts um Meilen geschlagen hat). Für Patreon-Supporter hier zu hören:
www.spieleveteranen.de/archives/3931
June 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
NEUE PODCAST-FOLGE! Wir schauen im Lichtspielplatz auf die Bikerfilme, die Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda & Jack Nicholson vor EASY RIDER gedreht haben, u.a. R. Cormans THE WILD ANGELS. Mit dabei als Interviewgäste: Produzent Maurice Smith & Komponist Mike Curb.
www.wilsonsdachboden.com/2025/05/wild...
Lichtspielplatz #77 - Freiheit auf Rädern: THE WILD ANGELS und andere Bikerfilme
Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway: Der Lichtspielplatz begibt sich in der aktuellen Folge auf die Spur der Bikerfilme der Sechziger. Roger
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June 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Spotted: Random visitors of the retrogaming fair in Rosenheim, Bavaria, captured during spontaneous, completely unrehearsed interactions. Found in the current issue of Retro-Gamer magazine (@retro-gamer.de).
May 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM