Blu-ray Review – Taxi zum Klo

One could certainly appreciate 1981’s “Taxi zum Klo” as a study of life for a gay man in West Germany, detailing his encounters in the area as he tries to maintain work and play. Writer/director/star Frank Ripploh has something in mind with the endeavor, electing to make a picture about experiences, following the main character as he hunts for carnal events and falls into a relationship while dealing with friends and strangers. However, Ripploh also wants to examine the perils of cohabitation and love, ending up with an easily distracted feature that carries on for too long, especially when it attempts to explore a story that fails to provide much of a dramatic hold. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com