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Feb 24, 2016 · Richard Brody on “Love Is Colder Than Death,” from 1969, the first feature of the German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
May 21, 2014 · Love Is Colder Than Death is a striking title—dour and grandiose in a way that invites thoughts of black-clad chain-smoking art students. Fassbinder’s 1969 debut feature lives up to its name—which isn’t a bad thing—as it bounces among Franz, a hoodlum (played by the director) who refuses to join a crime syndicate; his girlfriend ...
Sep 23, 2011 · Love is colder than death : the life and times of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. by. Katz, Robert, 1933-. Publication date. 1987. Topics. Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, Motion picture producers and directors. Publisher. New York : Random House.
Byron frequently uses lexis from the semantic field of death to emphasise the significance of the speaker’s suffering. The tactile imagery used in “pale grew thy cheek and cold, // Colder thy kiss” acts as a metaphor to compare the speaker’s former lover with a dead body.
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Dec 31, 2014 · Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has...
In a way that is not yet clear, this love must bear experiences of depersonalization and infiniteness that Hegel initially relates to confrontation with death. For this reason, it would be more than poetic license to say, paraphrasing Fassbinder, that he is the promise of a love colder than death.
In the opening lines, Bell sings, “Love is colder than death they say, So warm your heart to the bone”. These lyrics depict a sense of love’s bitter reality. Love, often associated with warmth and affection, can sometimes be disappointing, leaving one feeling cold and detached.
