In the early 1970s, rainer werner fassbinder discovered the american melodramas of douglas sirk and was inspired by them to begin working in a new, more. When karin becomes a superstar, leaving everything behind, marlene is left picking up the broken pieces. Then an entrancing young model enters her world and turns it upside down. Margit carstensen, hanna schygulla, katrin schaake, eva mattes, gisela fackeldey, irm hermann, michael. Petra falls in love with karin and invites her to move in. As a selfproclaimed fan of fassbinder, hermosillo considers. But karins calm, inscrutable gaze belies her ruthless nature, and soon petra is as much a casualty of obsession as longsuffering marlene. And, again, like the sirk influence, this is a good thing. Enter karin, a 23yearold beauty who wants to be a model. The merchant of four seasons by rainer werner fassbinder 1972. She mistreats marlene her secretary maid and codesigner. Adapting his own play which had premiered in darmstadt half a year before, in june 1971, in a production. Petra had just ended a marriage, but now finds herself enamoured with another.
With margit carstensen, hanna schygulla, katrin schaake, eva mattes. The twohour 1972 film employs only one set, the loft of petra. Feb 26, 2015 rainer werner fassbinders 1972 lesbian film comes to dvdbluray. Hemlines and heartbreak in fassbinders the bitter tears of. Fassbinders mise en scene that its not even duller. The rest of the film deals with the emotions of this affair and its aftermath. Enter karin a 23yearold beauty who wants to be a model. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer margit carstensen and a beautiful but icy ingenue hanna schygullabased, in a sly gender reversal, on the writerdirectors own desperate obsession with a young actoris a true fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography by michael ballhaus and full.
It is based on the play of the same name written by fassbinder. Successful fashion designer petra margit carstensen falls in love with one of her young models hanna schygulla, who does not return her affection. Download a heartbeat and a guitar johnny cash and the making of bitter tears. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. She mistreats marlene her secretary, maid, and codesigner. Until recently, she has been in a fairly satisfactory s and m relationship with marlene her secretary, maid, and codesigner. She is also a famous fashion designer at the top of her game. Johnny cash and the making of bitter tears download online. You can help us by sharing the link with friends, in social networks, message boards and other mass media. Some time ago, she divorced the husband she no longer loved. This world premiere staging, directed by richard jones, is a pulverising.
It follows the changing dynamics in her relationships with the other women. An arrogant fashion designer falls in love with an. The story of the protagonists desire, as well as the tug of war between the central characters, is on full display. What marlene does with those pieces will dictate the rest of her life. The fate of our site directly depends on its relevance. Despite its brilliant allfemale cast, this is an intensely autobiographical film in which fassbinder portrays himself through petra carstensen, a successful but lonely fashion designer who falls in love with a beautiful younger woman schygulla very different from herself. Margit carstensen, hanna schygulla, irm hermann, rainer werner fassbinder. With just six actresses exchanging stilted dialogue on a.
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