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Rainer Werner Fassbinder (German: [ˈʁaɪnɐ ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈfasbɪndɐ] ⓘ; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, and dramatist. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement.
- Love Is Colder than Death (1969) Made when Fassbinder was just 24, Love Is Colder than Death was his first feature and the first of 3 gangster films he made within a year, followed by Gods of the Plague and The American Soldier (both 1970).
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Bitter indeed. In one of his earliest melodramas, adapted from his play, the titular fashion designer, who abuses her masochistic, mute maid, falls for a female model, and embarks on a relationship that seems doomed from the outset.
- Effi Briest (1974) Effi Briest was Fassbinder’s first film based on a period story, in this case Theodor Fontane’s 1896 novel, which he had wanted to adapt many years earlier.
- Fear Eats the Soul (1974) This love story – and despite the considerable human unkindness on show, this is definitely a love story – is a great starting point for newcomers to Fassbinder’s work.
Aug 8, 2004 · We already know certain details of Fassbinder’s life (an abandoned childhood, his homosexuality, his lovers, his paper marriage with singer/actress Ingrid Caven) and his work habits (the painful love-hate relationships he maintained with his actors and actresses), but one thing is clear: the life in question in Thomsen’s book is of a man totally...
Feb 11, 2015 · Maverick German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder is a source of eternal fascination to us round here (check out our retrospective from a few years back), and as this Berlinale title, directed by...
Jun 10, 2019 · His films are a part of the unbelievable cinematic outburst from Germany during the era (often called the German New Wave – it’s Fassbinder, Herzog and Wenders leading the way). He took sharp aim at West Germany in many ways and Fassbinder was a champion of subculture or counterculture cinema.
There are few figures as enigmatic, provocative, and relentlessly innovative as Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Born amidst the rubble of post-war Germany, Fassbinder emerged as a cinematic wunderkind, armed with a vision and an insatiable appetite for storytelling.
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Feb 7, 2015 · The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972. Like many of Fassbinder’s films, he features strong, female characters in the leads and supporting parts. In this film, the cast is predominately female, and is among the most feminine of his works. That does not mean that it is feminist.
