link?
― desk calendar white out (Matt P), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:46 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URq7m3-SOtA
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:46 (fourteen years ago)
it is very good tho i'm not sure i'd rank it among his best
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:46 (fourteen years ago)
LORD I kneel and offer youmyyyy WORD on a WIRE
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:50 (fourteen years ago)
I'm coming at it more from the "fan of this particular era of sci-fi" and less a "fan of Fassbinder" angle. Cuz I couldn't bear the majority of Berlin Alexanderplantz.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 23:50 (fourteen years ago)
World on a Wire was REALLY good, absolutely gorgeous visually and quite fun in its campy paranoia. kinda unnecessarily drawn out with an irrelevant subplot and maybe a few too many pointless conversations but in general very enjoyable.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 19 March 2012 22:00 (fourteen years ago)
WOAW is very, very talky.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 22:26 (fourteen years ago)
Have you seen The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant?
― tanuki, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 22:29 (fourteen years ago)
WOAW has good Corvette porn amongst the chat.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 00:07 (fourteen years ago)
I have and enjoyed it
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― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 00:08 (fourteen years ago)
i always get that mixed up with capra's 'bitter tea of general yen.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 01:03 (fourteen years ago)
still unavailable on DVD alas!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 01:08 (fourteen years ago)
Going to see WOAW at the New Beverly tonight.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 16 April 2012 23:48 (fourteen years ago)
RIP Günther Kaufmann, muse-lover who acted in 14 RWF films
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15945872,00.html
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 May 2012 03:10 (fourteen years ago)
That whole thing about him falsely confessing to killing the accountant is pretty crazy.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 13 May 2012 03:22 (fourteen years ago)
aw, r.i.p.
― buzza, Sunday, 13 May 2012 04:04 (fourteen years ago)
wow @ the false confession!!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 May 2012 08:16 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, didn't know anything about that, whoa.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:55 (fourteen years ago)
I forgot to wish RWF a happy birthday ;_;
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 1 June 2012 04:14 (fourteen years ago)
Hoberman on the limbo of RWF's American fate:
http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-single-antidote-to-thoughts-of-20120628
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 July 2012 21:32 (thirteen years ago)
watching Berlin Alexanderplatz.
fuck, it's good.the alination vs. the pathetic search for (distorded) warmth and tenderness is shown brilliantly by Fassbinder.oh, and the use of lightning and space.oh, and the acting.
― nostormo, Thursday, 15 November 2012 09:30 (thirteen years ago)
great Hoberman piece, thanks for the link
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:09 (thirteen years ago)
The anti-auteurist Pauline Kael, whose reign as America’s most influential film commentator roughly coincided with Fassbinder’s career
oh irony, further compounded by one of his 70s champions being Vincent Canby who was widely derided as a fuddy-duddy a few years later
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:12 (thirteen years ago)
From the piece above:
Kluge appeared to be a more pedantic Godard, Straub seemed a lighter Bresson.
I hope Hoberman has changed his mind on this: Kluge is quite an original, and there is nothing remotely light (Bressonian or not) about Straub-Huillet.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)
so RWF starred in a Volker Schlondorff TV film of Brecht's Baal, and we're going to see it.
http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-baal-is-back
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:28 (twelve years ago)
reactions on Baal
http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-berlinale-2104-diary-2
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 February 2014 21:24 (twelve years ago)
the Houellebecq film looks interesting.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Friday, 7 February 2014 23:45 (twelve years ago)
Like to think Baal will get a week's release at the cinemas over here.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 8 February 2014 00:14 (twelve years ago)
http://lightbox.time.com/2014/01/21/filmmaker-as-photographer-still-life-with-rainer-werner-fassbinder/
― 龜, Sunday, 2 March 2014 02:27 (twelve years ago)
Has anyone ordered the catalogue?
http://www.shop-filmmuseum.de/epages/61390111.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61390111/Products/b_308_engl
I am very tempted to do so..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:39 (twelve years ago)
Fassbinder's Top 10 Pop Musicians
1. Elvis Presley2. Bob Dylan3. Rolling Stones4. Leonard Cohen5. The Platters6. Kraftwerk7. Roxy Music8. The Beatles9. Velvet Underground10. Comedian Harmonists
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 13:31 (twelve years ago)
You think we don't know who The Comedian Harmonists are?
― You Never Even POLL Me By My Screenname (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 13:44 (twelve years ago)
Well I don't!
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 13:46 (twelve years ago)
Must a German/US thing
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 13:47 (twelve years ago)
No, they are not that well known here either. For some reason I was under the impression that you spoke German and might be more familiar with them. There was a movie about them in the late 90s I think.
― You Never Even POLL Me By My Screenname (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 13:59 (twelve years ago)
and at least one CD compilation too
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 April 2014 14:14 (twelve years ago)
in case you need to pick up some vegetables at the Merchant of the Four Seasons'
http://filmsociety.myshopify.com/collections/shop/products/fassbinder-limited-edition-tote-bag
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 19:11 (twelve years ago)
I was going to revive today: I'm on Episode Seven of Berlin Alexanderplatz
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 19:14 (twelve years ago)
skip to the coda
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 19:17 (twelve years ago)
^smart aleck
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 19:17 (twelve years ago)
http://www.criterion.com/films/27953-the-bitter-tears-of-petra-von-kant
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:33 (eleven years ago)
so it's Baal
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/baal
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:30 (eleven years ago)
The restauration of World on a Wire will be shown in Copenhagen on sunday. It will be my first Fassbender.
― Frederik B, Friday, 31 October 2014 16:38 (eleven years ago)
i am surprised! well worth seeing, not "major."
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:39 (eleven years ago)
it is an anomaly in his cv but man does it look great
― Οὖτις, Friday, 31 October 2014 16:41 (eleven years ago)
Bitter Tears... getting the Criterion treatment too early next year
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:41 (eleven years ago)
Sooo many Fassbender films, overwhelming to start with. But if I like it, I'll probably check out the major ones as well.
― Frederik B, Friday, 31 October 2014 16:45 (eleven years ago)
Frederick, the best way is to dip in. Watch whatever's available. I went on a huge spree ten summers ago as the movies became available on DVD.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:50 (eleven years ago)
actually i found WoaW to be not much of an anomaly! He is his own genre: SF dreamworld, Genetian dreamworld, miserabilist postwar opiumworld, etc.
And see on a big screen whenever possible, esp w/ Ballhaus as DP.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:54 (eleven years ago)
one approach (tho we have more stuff available now than when Canby wrote, such as TV work like WoaW):
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/03/movies/film-view-a-beginner-s-baedeker-to-the-genius-of-fassbinder.html
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:56 (eleven years ago)