A mind-melting laser blast of “cyberdyke” avant-garde science fiction shot on Super 8 and then blown up to 16mm, the dazzlingly grungy, proudly low-rent Flaming Ears sets its scene in the year 2700 in the burnt-out, all-lesbian city of Asche, where the overlapping tales of three women unfold: comic book artist Spy (Susana Helmayr); pyromaniac pervert performance artist Volly (co-director Pürrer); and utterly amoral, reptile revering alien Nun (co-director Scheirl).
Storytelling takes a backseat to visual bravado here in this atmospheric, anarchic film of ornate dialogues and homespun SFX that has drawn comparisons to Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames — and to almost nothing else.

“Imagine the film that J.G. Ballard might have made if he’d been born an Austrian dyke, and don’t say I didn’t warn you.” — B. Ruby Rich

“Highly original, imaginative, and creative.” — The Guardian (1992)

“A visually provocative science fiction thriller.” — The Village Voice (1993)

“A lesbian sci-fi corrective to Barbarella.” — The Advocate (1992)

“Imagine Blade Runner on a K-Mart budget.” — San Francisco Chronicle (1992)

“Exciting stuff!” — Wicked Women (1992)

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