Berlin Calling

1. What do drugs mean to Ickarus? 
Drugs are a way for Ickarus to relax, and be himself. It is also something that all him and his friends have in common. When he parties, Ickarus does drugs.
2. Why, when, and how are his fans taking drugs, and which drugs do they take?
The drugs Ickarus's fans take are mainly designer drugs. LSD, MDMA, ketamine, crystal meth, PMA, MPA, and weed were all mentioned in the movie. They take drugs to make the music better and the parties more enjoyable. It is also something that everyone has in common, besides the music.
3. While we can see that his drug habits get him ill and into a psychosis, and while we witness his relapse and inability to work successfully, why does the subculture Ickarus is in focus on drugs?
The drugs are just another hobby that everyone that listens to music partakes in. It also allows the people to work very hard during the day and go to their little disco parties all night long.
4. Compare the standards you know from your home society with the people you see depicted in this movie. Which are the stark differences and contrasts?
In the movie i believe that there is more prostitutes, crappy hopitality in the psych ward, and a train takes people everywhere. I also noticed that Ickarus had a bunch of polo shirts with an emblum on the top right chest. They looked soccer shirts, which you barely see in America. The doctor smokes, there were no McDonald's, there were a few fat people, and the cars are small.
5. Germany is considered a strong industrial nation the world over. Do you think that the youth culture as depicted here could change that? How about work ethics of Ickarus and of Alice, the label director who fires and then re-signs him?
Their musc is industial so that changed in this generatiuon. Ickarus treated Aice(his boss) like crap. In the end,however, she still signed him and produced his record.
6. Which similar "cult movies" of US origin have you seen, if any?
I have seen Boondock Saints, Cheech and Chong, and Clerks.