Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Love is Colder than Death (Liebe ist Kalter als der Tod) | West Germany | 1969 | 35mm | 89 min. | German with English subtitles Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Event Details
Date
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Time
2 p.m.
Location
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Cast: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Ulli Lommel
In his first feature film, Fassbinder stars as the lowly pimp Franz, caught in a love triangle with his prostitute girlfriend Joanna (Schygulla) and Bruno (Lommel), a gangster out to convince Franz to join his syndicate. Inspired by Hollywood tropes and low-budget French New Wave storytelling techniques, Fassbinder’s debut was one of the first major works of the New German Cinema.
In his first feature film, Fassbinder stars as the lowly pimp Franz, caught in a love triangle with his prostitute girlfriend Joanna (Schygulla) and Bruno (Lommel), a gangster out to convince Franz to join his syndicate. Inspired by Hollywood tropes and low-budget French New Wave storytelling techniques, Fassbinder’s debut was one of the first major works of the New German Cinema.
Cost
Free
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