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Both brilliant and not to be missed.
VV has been compared to "Sunset Boulevard" but it doesn't have the Grand Guignol feel of that film. Interestingly, perhaps as an homage, Fassbinder filmed in a white glare which has the effect of making the exceptional lead actress seem like a screen icon in closeup and like a manikin further away.
Being Fassbinder, of course it is about tragedy, the inevitability of decadence and fall, and the not-so-pleasant realities of love and desire. What elevates Fassbinder to one of the greatest directors is that in the midst of his unflinching and never-wavering candor he also finds the humanity of his characters.
"Fox and his Friends" is about a gay carnie who wins the lottery. Immediately, a charming, well-connected, and wealthy man introduces him to the urbane gay jet-set.
Inevitably, like Icarus, he finds his new wings bring about his disaster.
Yes, there is male nudity but the scenes of gay "love" are very, very tame (even by today's Hollywood standards): I doubt any but the most easily offended would be put-off by a few nude males.
Anyhow, Fox's character sensationally is played and the character himself is unforgettable, being witty, trusting, and far cannier than those who attempt to use him.
One major reason Fassbinder's films of the underbelly work is that we see actual denizens of these depths, not actors attempting to portray what those folks must be like. That he manages to get such performances from them is remarkable.
But, like VV, Fox's performance is a landmark of modern film.
Oh, did I mention Fassbinder is Fox?
And leather, is that you call an orgy?....
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I spoke of Fassbinder, I mean of his private life. He also died of an overdose...I saw some of them, but I did not like what i saw, like Godard I will have to revisite his work, remember his last film ( Querelle ), and this one not ready to ever see it again.
Berlin Alexander Platz was quite nice. A TV production.
Thank you for bringing things like this to the forefront... let's face it, Fass is largely forgotten now, very few people see his films even though you are right, virtually every one of them has plenty to offer in the areas of analysis, emotion, soul searching.When faced with much of what is being produced today we tend to forget that there is that "other" kind of movie making.
Don't you find that watching his films is best accomplished wearing bell bottoms and polyester shirt?
You still have those... don't you?
very serious giant of film.
Considering the BRD trilogy alone would place him at the top of modern filmmakers and leaves so many precious gems.
It must have been very difficult to act for him if the actor had seen how good Rainer was in Fox. I actually didn't know it was he until after the film. I was shocked.
Only Welles is his equal in front and behind the camera.
Fass' films have such strong flavor of his time that it is impossible to overlook, hence my joke. And I am not talking about just the fashion, of course, but the flavor of the epoch that you should feel and know in order to better appreciate his work.
the complex and urgent way he explores them.
Not all his films, I'm sure you know, are 70s looking, specifically the great BRD trilogy.
Finally, at no time-- unlike when one is watching "Easy Rider--" does one get the impression the director is a part of the "scene."
Fassbinder, in Fox and His Friends, made a film which very much shows the culture of its day but without, almost forty years later, appearing dated.
I hope you didn't mean to imply that?
The carnies, the factory owners--- all of their strata faithfully were portrayed, in actions and, yes, apparel, which is the mark of a good filmmaker.
But maybe you can explain which film you mean as having strong flavor of its time?
Rereading your comment I hope you didn't mean that, no matter which German era Fassbinder approached, he did so trapped in a certain era. I'd argue that would be a cruel insult and wrong as hell.
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