4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Rainer Werner Fassbinder Edition


4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today would have been the 77th birthday of that amazingly prolific Rainer Warner Fassbinder, if not for the fact that Fassbinder, along with being amazing prolific, was also amazing self-destructive.  Fassbinder was a director who loved to inspire controversy.  Chances are that viewers will either love or hate a Fassbinder film.  There doesn’t seem to be much middle ground.

In honor of a great contrarian, here are….

4 Shots From 4 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films

World on a Wire (1973, dir by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, DP: Michael Ballhaus)


The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978, dir by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, DP: Michael Ballhaus)


The Third Generation (1979, dir by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, DP: Rainer Werner Fassbinder)


Lola (1981, dir by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, DP: Xaver Schwarzenegger)

Today would have been the 77th birthday

4 Shots From 4 Films: The Goddess, Last Year at Marienbad, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Raise the Red Lantern


Four beautiful and talented actresses.

Ruan Lingyu in The Goddess (1934, dir. Yonggang Wu)

Ruan Lingyu in The Goddess (1934, dir. Yonggang Wu)

Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961, dir. Alain Resnais)

Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961, dir. Alain Resnais)

Barbara Sukowa in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

Barbara Sukowa in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991, dir. Zhang Yimou)

Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991, dir. Zhang Yimou)