Rainer werner fassbinders 1972 lesbian film comes to dvdbluray. She mistreats everyone until she meets a model who wants a job at her firm. That show us that doesnt matter what sexual orientation are you directed to, love wasnt and easy task to live in. Hilariously full of herself and absurdly named for germanys most rational philosopher, petra margit carstensen dominates the early. Directed by rainer werner fassbinder 1972 west germany in the early 1970s, rainer werner fassbinder discovered the american melodramas of douglas. Hanna schygulla, irm hermann, margit carstensen, katrin schaake, eva mattes, gisela. The shot tacitly references cukors opening gambit, anticipating a story where elegant surfaces hide toothandclaw instincts. A fashion designer who treats her personal assistant like a slave falls in love with a woman who does not.
This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer margit carstensen and a beautiful but icy ingenue hanna schygullabased, in a sly gender reversal, on the writerdirectors own desperate obsession with a young actoris a true fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography by michael ballhaus and full. It is based on the play of the same name written by fassbinder. Staring margit carstensen, hanna schygulla, irm hermann and eva mattes. Rainer werner fassbinder play, rainer werner fassbinder. Hemlines and heartbreak in fassbinders the bitter tears of. What marlene does with those pieces will dictate the rest of her life. She is also a famous fashion designer at the top of her game. However, for an introduction to fassbinder i would. A world war ii widow seeks to adjust to life in postwar germany. In the early 1970s, rainer werner fassbinder discovered the american melodramas of douglas sirk and was inspired by them to begin. Petra falls in love with karin and invites her to move in.
Recommendations tend to be fairly overwhelming and a total buzz kill. Under the direction of benjamin viertel, fassbinders darkly humorous drama about a womans breakdown is a frenetic comedy about a pathetic lesbian. She mistreats marlene her secretary, maid, and codesigner. Adapting his own play which had premiered in darmstadt half a year before, in june 1971, in a production. Enter karin, a 23yearold beauty who wants to be a model. Dutch danish swedish portuguese turkish arabic persian subtitles is a 1972 german film directed by rainer werner fassbinder, based on his own play. When karin becomes a superstar, leaving everything behind, marlene is left picking up the broken pieces. Feb 26, 2015 rainer werner fassbinders 1972 lesbian film comes to dvdbluray. The bitter tears of fassbinders women film the guardian. The rest of the film deals with the emotions of this affair and its aftermath. Norman holland on rainer werner fassbinder, the marriage of. The film surpassed my expectations in terms of human dynamics by exposing a.
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