With just six actresses exchanging stilted dialogue on a. Fassbinders mise en scene that its not even duller. Nabokovs ode to a model, whipped up by rainer werner fassbinder into something like the greatest womeninprison movie. A fashion designer who treats her personal assistant like a slave falls in love with a woman who does not love her in return. Hemlines and heartbreak in fassbinders the bitter tears. Cats on a darkened staircase comprise the opening tableau, the camera pulls back to contemplate the studioboudoirdungeon where petra the phenomenal margit carstensen is roused.
Some time ago, she divorced the husband she no longer loved. She mistreats marlene her secretary, maid, and codesigner. Among the very best films of fassbinders career, this movie demonstrates yet again that fassbinder is one of the truly great artists of our time. Hemlines and heartbreak in fassbinders the bitter tears of. Rainer werner fassbinder revels in the fact that petra is played entirely on one set and not an especially large one at that. Every single cut in this film looks absolutely gorgeous, the photography is stunning, and the actors look as if they havent got a single feeling left to feel except bitterness. The shot tacitly references cukors opening gambit, anticipating a story where elegant surfaces hide toothandclaw instincts. Flick vault full hd movies for free recommended for you. A fashion designer who treats her personal assistant like a slave falls in love with a woman who does not. Enter karin, a 23yearold beauty who wants to be a model. The platters smoke gets in your eyes from the bitter. I promised myself that i wouldnt succumb to watching it at home.
Until recently, she has been in a fairly satisfactory s and m relationship with marlene her secretary, maid, and codesigner. That show us that doesnt matter what sexual orientation are you directed to, love wasnt and easy task to live in. Despite its brilliant allfemale cast, this is an intensely autobiographical film in which fassbinder portrays himself through petra carstensen, a successful but. It was pushed by wonderful consultant murchadh mariko, relaxed by jaziri timmy and delivered by obsession technology. Id wait and hope that it would eventually appear soon in a repertory theater. Nominated for the golden berlin bear at the 1972 berlin. While the bitter tears is heartwrenching, devastating tragedy, a greater intellectual high is hard to find in movies or elsewhere.
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