Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Nov 25, 2018 16:37:16 GMT
Saw this one last night, and it was my first Rainer Werner Fassbinder film (one of his last). It's the tragic story of a washed up actress in post-World War II Germany who becomes a hopeless morphine addict.
I thought it was a very fine film, beautifully done and nicely filmed in black and white, with some creative use of lighting. It's a flavorful period piece that expertly captures the look of 1950s Germany, and definitely has the spirit of old-time Hollywood glamour for an early-80s movie. In spite of this, the story is quite depressing and the ending in particular is a real downer.
One thing I found very odd was the radio constantly playing country pop songs such as The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton and Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Why would a German radio station be playing that music? Just seemed very out-of-place.
I thought it was a very fine film, beautifully done and nicely filmed in black and white, with some creative use of lighting. It's a flavorful period piece that expertly captures the look of 1950s Germany, and definitely has the spirit of old-time Hollywood glamour for an early-80s movie. In spite of this, the story is quite depressing and the ending in particular is a real downer.
One thing I found very odd was the radio constantly playing country pop songs such as The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton and Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Why would a German radio station be playing that music? Just seemed very out-of-place.
