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Fassbinder died on 10 June 1982, at age 37, from a lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates.
Aug 28, 2024 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder (born May 31, 1945, Bad Wörishofen, Germany—died June 10, 1982, Munich, West Germany) was a German motion-picture and theatre director, writer, and actor who was an important force in postwar West German cinema.
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Jun 11, 1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the controversial and furiously prolific film maker most responsible for the resurgence of German cinema in the 1970's, was found dead yesterday at his home in...
On the night of June 10, 1982, Fassbinder took an overdose of cocaine and sleeping pills. When he was found, the unfinished script for a version of Rosa Luxemburg was lying next to him. So boundless was his drive and creativity that, throughout his downward spiral and even in the moment of his death, Fassbinder never ceased to be productive.
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- Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany
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- Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
When Fassbinder died young on June 10, 1982 - aged just 37 - he left a legacy of work that included forty-four feature films and twenty-five stage plays (that he directed, or co-directed). That’s a truly astonishing body of work for a career that lasted just sixteen years.
May 28, 2021 · From the August, 1983 issue of High Times comes Mike Wilmington’s tribute to filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982), the darling of the film festivals; a director of genius who died...
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He also directed the TV series World on a Wire (1973) and Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). Fassbinder died on 10 June 1982, at age 37, from a lethal cocktail of cocaine and barbiturates.
