Fassbinder's "Fear of Fear." A bourgeois German housewife descends into

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clinical despair and despondency despite the best efforts of a caring husband and a delightful daughter.
I'd give this a film a "B," though it's hard to analyze why. I particularly didn't like the female lead and, by making the mother-in-law such a shrew and the husband such a saint, I couldn't be unaware of the gross manipulations by the director. The pace was even, too even, and the predictability of the story wouldn't be out of place in a Greek drama.
Still... it has that Fassbinder magic: through some strange magic, you begin to care for the woman and despise how humans (by implication in ALL cases) take advantage of the weak.
Still, I can only recommend it for film buffs and Fassbinder fans, specifically.

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Topic - Fassbinder's "Fear of Fear." A bourgeois German housewife descends into - tinear 04:34:54 03/08/06 (2)

Re: Fassbinder's "Fear of Fear." A bourgeois German housewife descends into - Victor Khomenko 06:09:10 03/08/06 (1)

Brigitte Mira: reminds me of my first mother-in-law, but - tinear 16:20:44 03/08/06 (0)

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