Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity(1995)

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity is director Rosa von Praunheim's experimental autobiography. The film opens with Rosa presenting his life story at a cinema screening when he's suddenly shot—only to vanish without a trace. A determined TV journalist takes up the investigation, interviewing Rosa's acquaintances and weaving together clips from his provocative earlier works to piece together his fractured past. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a web of potential motives: nearly everyone connected to Rosa had reason to want him dead. Her sensational inquiry culminates in a startling discovery: Rosa is being held prisoner on a boat by former enemies seeking revenge. The journalist's rescue mission becomes the film's climactic turn, blending documentary technique with narrative intrigue to explore a life lived on cinema's most transgressive edges.