7/28/09

Fassbinder Speaks

Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of those filmmakers I fail to understand the hype about. In the few films of his I've seen, he's demonstrably bad, yet his reputation is so great. Yes, one day I shall essay Berlin Alexanderplatz, as well his BRD Trilogy, but even listening to him speak he's nowhere near the artist nor mind of Werner Herzog, his longtime rival.

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