Fassbinder's revisionist film noir is an homage to gangster movies and is both playful and disturbing in equal measure. Completing a loose trilogy that includes Love Is Colder Than Death and Gods Of The Plague, the film was shot on a limited budget but still manages to contain some haunting black and white images. This intriguing early work by a great director is an ideal companion piece to Melville's Le Samourai....
for sure, you can see a kernel of lynch and jarmusch slowly beginning to take shape. orson welles' visual leanings in touch of evil are developed into a style. unfortunately the script is just a collection of one liners that have no real cohesive impact. i felt a great lack of humanity here, especially when compared to jarmusch.
Very interesting, and the last shot is one of the craziest things I've seen put to film. Fassbinder was one crazy mother-trucker! Savvy
Fantastic film! I implore all who read this to drop their laptops, somehow find a copy of this film and report back 70 minutes later.