Jimmy B.
18Jun11
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Matt Burgess
21May12
Biting attack on ultra conformist bourgeois gays, darkly hilarious, moving and, as usual for Fassbinder in his Sirkian melodrama era, gorgeously filmed.
ethan
4Apr12
I feel like this represents a major breakthrough between me and Fassbinder; I'm now completely fascinated by his views on sexuality, self-loathing, melodrama and the evils of upper-class/money.
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trolley freak
14Mar12
This compassionate and despairing melodrama tells the story of a lower-class homosexual carnival worker who wins the lottery and becomes involved with an upper-class lover who not only fleeces him of his money but ultimately humiliates and destroys him as well. German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder not only directs this insightful masterpiece but also gives a moving and magnificent performance in the lead role..
Lights in the Dusk
2Nov11
The character, sat conquered in a car seat, listening to Leonard Cohen sing Bird on the Wire, might be the defining moment of Fassbinder's bleakest film (a barely heard cry of anguish over the clamour and contempt of the world as Fassbinder saw it), but it is the sense of absolute disdain levelled at the audience for collaborating, as spectators, passive in his downfall, that makes the film so difficult to forget.
catch_33
8Jun11
Although much more messy than the other Fassbinder film I saw tonight (Ali), it was still quite an interesting tale of a fool and his money, and the class warfare that he unwillingly gets caught up in. Didn't resonate with me as much as the former film, but nonetheless a film worthy of discussion.
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Marcus Killerby
8Jun11
I've never seen so many spoilers in one film summary... MUBI should change that.
Jack Lehtonen
9May11
Yet another Fassbinder masterpiece. Will they ever stop? Will I ever come across a bad film of his?
Rodrigo
8Apr11
A verdadeira elegância e nobreza não está nas aparências ou nos bens que se possui, mas sim nos sentimentos e no modo de tratar e respeitar a natureza dos outros. Neste filme isso é muito bem mostrado, mas o nosso protagonista q possuía essa verdadeira nobreza termina sendo tragado pela frieza e desprezo das pessoas.
