German Theatrical Release

The Elephant King will premiere June 5 in theaters across Germany. The official German Web site is here.

Check back soon for information regarding the Austrian, Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg release.

I did a quick Google search for German reviews of the movie and turned up an interesting review that seems to suggest that I cribbed the film's plot from two Michel Houellebecq novels, The Elementary Particles and Platform. While I've read both books, I'm not sure that Platform was even published when I shot Elephant King. Actually, I read a few great books while I was in Thailand making this film, including Vollman's Butterfly Stories, probably the best book written on modern Western sex tourism in Southeast Asia, and Orwell's Burmese Days, a classic on ex-pat life.

I can't tell if this is a good or a bad review -- cf. ambiguously translated sentences such as, "In order for the last time compared to the effort so we must also form the cuts will clear the large-Grossman Houellebecq contest on the side of Grossman. Nicht dass es dem Werk völlig an Struktur mangelt, ist es vielmehr so, dass mit „The Elephant King“ ein erstaunlich konventionell erzählter Film vorliegt, der eigentlich nur wegen seines unspektakulären Endes ein wenig enttäuscht."

Any German-speakers feel free to weigh in.