Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on February 28, 2007 at 08:59:46

In Reply to: A good joke should have some truth to it posted by Victor Khomenko on February 28, 2007 at 08:47:27:

the complex and urgent way he explores them.
Not all his films, I'm sure you know, are 70s looking, specifically the great BRD trilogy.
Finally, at no time-- unlike when one is watching "Easy Rider--" does one get the impression the director is a part of the "scene."
Fassbinder, in Fox and His Friends, made a film which very much shows the culture of its day but without, almost forty years later, appearing dated.
I hope you didn't mean to imply that?
The carnies, the factory owners--- all of their strata faithfully were portrayed, in actions and, yes, apparel, which is the mark of a good filmmaker.
But maybe you can explain which film you mean as having strong flavor of its time?
Rereading your comment I hope you didn't mean that, no matter which German era Fassbinder approached, he did so trapped in a certain era. I'd argue that would be a cruel insult and wrong as hell.