Michael Ballhaus - There Were No Gods Left

There Were No Gods Left

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Michael Ballhaus

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Analogies of Continuity in The Marriage of Maria Braun

Analogies of Continuity in The Marriage of Maria Braun

The opening and closing images of The Marriage of Maria Braun are some of the most biting bookends in all of cinema. An image of Hitler, operating like a visual overture, opens the film, accompanied by auditory wedding vows; it provides something of an interpretive key for the film. The

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Magical Run and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Magical Run and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

From 1971 to 1975, Rainer Werner Fassbinder directed 18 films or mini-series. The titles include Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972), World on a Wire (1973), Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972). Fassbinder’s four

Form and Faith in "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)

Form and Faith in "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)

The Last Temptation of Christ, also written by Schrader, is a movie that matters.