Pioniere In Ingolstadt
“That’s the only thing you have as a soldier; the women.” Pioniere in Ingolstadt (1971) was filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ninth film in three years. The film adapts Marieluise Fleißer’s… Read more »
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Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (1972-73) is Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ode to the working class. The television mini-series produced for Westdeutscher Rundfunk follows a set of close knit, overlapping communities… Read more »
The Tenderness of Wolves
Before Ulli Lommel moved to the United States and began collaborating with Andy Warhol (and segueing into the direct to video market) he directed The Tenderness of Wolves (1973). Lommel’s… Read more »
Katzelmacher
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s most infamous play, Garbage, The City, & Death (1975), is a kind of revisionist cabaret assault on the audience. By that point, Fassbinder had extended his creative… Read more »
The Niklashausen Journey
As is often observed, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s filmography, consisting of forty feature films, makes it difficult to critically appraise all of his films. Many times films are either over looked… Read more »
Whity
“I love you. Now I know I can finish this film!”-R.W. Fassbinder to production manager Peter Berling on the set of Whity. Whity (1970) is a first in many respects… Read more »
