What a wonderful surprise. A minute or two into it I thought it wouldn't be very interesting but the "natural" style of acting from the two main actors made it a treasure.
A small film, yes, but it does strike very hard at your heart.
Lola and now this fim... I've had to re-assess my opinion of Fass.
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Topic - Fassbinder: Ali, Fear Eats the Soul. - tinear 11:46:43 10/29/05 (25)
- Next stop should probably be "Angst vor der Angst" - Victor Khomenko 11:59:48 10/29/05 (24)
- Thanks for the recommendation, btw, and keep in mind how short - tinear 07:47:33 10/30/05 (0)
- Water drops? More like - tinear 07:44:52 10/30/05 (10)
- Re: Water drops? More like - Victor Khomenko 09:11:26 10/30/05 (9)
- Emotion? Are you serious? You haven't seen either Lola or Ali, have you? nt - tinear 12:34:37 10/30/05 (8)
- "You haven't seen either Lola or Ali, have you?" Of course I have. - Victor Khomenko 13:09:17 10/30/05 (7)
- Contrived? No. The Moroccan guy actually was Fassbinder's lover - tinear 18:23:35 10/30/05 (6)
- And he fell in love with an old ugly woman. Sure.... - Victor Khomenko 05:32:55 10/31/05 (5)
- It happens, Vic, it happens (Kuerten/Demi Moore?). Anyhow, you have - tinear 16:56:59 10/31/05 (4)
- He-he... you got me on this one! - Victor Khomenko 17:16:50 10/31/05 (3)
- The Blue Angel: I like Marlene! But, I like the very similar - tinear 04:51:06 11/01/05 (2)
- And I can't stand Marlene! - Victor Khomenko 06:06:40 11/01/05 (1)
- Agreement on Marlene, too Butch for me. I must say I - tinear 06:35:07 11/02/05 (0)
- And Fassbinder's no Hitchcock, Wajda, Keislowski, Kubrick or Losey; but neither is Bergman! (n) - Colin 18:33:54 10/29/05 (11)
- Please, start a post asserting Joe Losey's "greatness." nt - tinear 18:24:46 10/30/05 (10)
- I loived the Accident - Victor Khomenko 05:35:30 10/31/05 (3)
- Not a big Harold Pinter fan but I do appreciate Dirk Bogarde... he does - tinear 16:59:09 10/31/05 (2)
- I used to under-appreciate Mason... - Victor Khomenko 17:19:09 10/31/05 (1)
- Hmm. I think Lolita was a brilliant performance of Mason's... perhaps - tinear 15:51:57 11/02/05 (0)
- Sure, but first prepare yourself by reading my work on the subject. (nt) - Colin 02:27:48 10/31/05 (5)
- Ok, done! I read all seven volumes. nt - tinear 04:38:43 10/31/05 (4)
- Always go straight for the summary page. There - for the last paragraph. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 05:36:22 10/31/05 (3)
- Yes, Colin's best work. Immortal. nt - tinear 07:27:33 10/31/05 (2)
- Thanks Vic, a balanced precis. Deleuze would approve. Now class, past the (sic) Accident to Delon in Mr. Klein...ready? - Colin 12:12:45 10/31/05 (1)
- Wrong. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 13:58:38 10/31/05 (0)