Muscha
{{Short description|German artist and film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Muscha
| honorific_suffix =
| image = Jürgen Muschalek 1983.gif
| birth_name = Jürgen Muschalek
| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|11|28|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|07||1951|11|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Meinerzhagen, Germany
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|artist|musician}}
| notable_works = Decoder (1984)
}}
Jürgen Muschalek (28 September 1951 – 29 July 2003), known as Muscha, was a German artist and film director. He is known for his cult classic film Decoder.
Biography
Muscha was born in Meinerzhagen, Germany on 28 September 1951. He was a childhood friend of Trini Trimpop, a German rock musician and film director, who directed many projects with him.{{Cite web |title=Katalog {{!}} Stiftung imai |url=https://stiftung-imai.de/video/katalog?artist_id=57030 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=stiftung-imai.de}}
He was one of guitarists of the band Charley's Girls and was heavily involved in the punk scene.{{Cite book |last=Teipel |first=Jürgen |title=Verschwende Deine Jugend |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R1UUAQAAIAAJ |publisher=Suhrkamp Verlag |year=2001 |isbn=3518397710 |language=German |access-date=26 June 2022}}
He was nominated in 1981, alongside co-director Trini Trimpop, to the Max Ophüls prize for his avant-garde film Humanes Tötem (1980).{{Citation |title=Humanes Töten - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206816/awards/ |access-date=26 June 2022}}{{better source needed|date=June 2022|reason=IMDb is unreliable, see WP:RSPSS}} It was his first feature film.
He eventually moved to Berlin and made his second feature film, Decoder (1984). Many counterculture personalities were involved, including Christiane F, Genesis P-Orridge, FM Einheit, William S. Borroughs, among others. The film was re-released in 2019 by Vinegar Syndrome{{Cite web |date=10 August 2019 |title=Decoder – Vinegar Syndrome |url=https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/decoder |access-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810215152/https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/decoder |archive-date=10 August 2019 }} and it's available to watch in the streaming platform Tubi.{{Cite web |date=18 May 2021 |title=Watch Decoder (1984) – Free Movies {{!}} Tubi |url=https://tubitv.com/movies/569690/decoder |access-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518170348/https://tubitv.com/movies/569690/decoder |archive-date=18 May 2021 }}
Muscha ended his life on 29 July 2003.{{Cite web |title=Überall - Ciencia ficción y ciberpunk en el cine alemán |url=https://www.goethe.de/ins/es/es/sta/mad/ver.cfm?event_id=20977853 |website=Goethe-Institut website (Spain)}}{{Cite book |last1=Seibert |first1=Marcus |title=Achtung, Achtung, Hier spricht das Filmbüro! |last2=Fürst |first2=Christian |publisher=Strzelecki Books |year=2022 |isbn=978-3-910298-01-9}}
Filmography
= Short films =
- Blitzkrieg-Bop (1977){{Cite web |title=Blitzkrieg-Bop {{!}} Stiftung imai |url=https://stiftung-imai.de/videos/katalog/medium/0813 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=stiftung-imai.de}}
- Suicide (1978){{Cite web |title=Suicide {{!}} Stiftung imai |url=https://stiftung-imai.de/videos/katalog/medium/0811 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=stiftung-imai.de}}
- Mirakel Wip (1979){{Cite web |title=Mirakel Wip {{!}} Stiftung imai |url=https://stiftung-imai.de/videos/katalog/medium/0812 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=stiftung-imai.de}}
= Feature films =
- Humanes Töten (Humane killing) (1980)
- Decoder (1984)
References
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Further reading
- Klaus Maeck, Walter Hartmann: DECODER-Handbuch – Muzak, Cut-Ups, Piraten, Frogs, Burger, Der Film. TRIKONT Verlag, Duisburg 1984, {{ISBN|9783770020676}}