Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Monte 2022-03-21 09:03:26

I wasn't really that impressed with Fassbender. Strictly speaking, outside of the New German Cinema Movement, I have never heard his name again. But that doesn't affect my viewing experience of this film (of course, you at least have to know what the director looks like, or you'll miss his...

Linnie 2022-03-24 09:03:48

This is the first time I have watched this German director's film completely. The plot is relatively simple, and it is not as unusual as his other films. The story tells the love story of a widowed German old lady and a foreign young car mechanic. The beginning of the film The atmosphere is very...

Garrick 2022-03-26 09:01:14

There is a strong sense of melancholy in the title of the film. Although I have only watched this film now, the title has existed in my mind for a long time, and it has its own meaning away from the content of the film. Fassbender's strength lies in capturing the spiritual wandering temperament of people surrounded by loneliness and indifference. The protagonist Ali never calls himself "I", "Ali" is just a code name given by others because they can't remember his name. He replaced "I" with "Ali", as if he was talking about someone else, as if "I" had disappeared. Such a common theme of racism/classism, Fassbender reminds you not of the usual discriminatory details, but a little warmth that the self-imposed soul has struggled to capture.

Ona 2022-03-13 08:01:01

Fassbender's films are emotionally awkward (especially this one), and although love doesn't need a reason, it still needs to be reasonable. Symmetrical composition, visual control of clothing color (from melancholy dark colors to bright colors), the movement and scheduling of theatrical sense (especially in the bar scene), the identity of Arab immigrants (being regarded as an alien is Fassbender’s) voice?)