Feature, 104 min, Germany 1981
Sunday, July 3th, 16:00 hrs,
Fassbinder’s penultimate cinema film and the final and most gloomy part of a trilogy about the fates of some
eine gemeinsame Reihe des WDR und der Cologne Conference
"A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country", German feuilleton feature pages remarked even in April, when the great Fassbinder Exhibition and Retrospective opened at the Centre Pompidou. But come the director’s 60th birthday on May 31, German creatives in film, film critics, and intellectuals were heaping praise on Fassbinder in the very same papers, unanimously lauding his work’s importance to them, to German film history, and to the present. All commentators agreed that Fassbinder is post-war Germany’s most important director.
Sunday, July 3th, 16:00 hrs,
Fassbinder’s penultimate cinema film and the final and most gloomy part of a trilogy about the fates of some
Sunday, July 3th, 21:30 hrs,
Everything seems to be just fine. Margot’s marriage is going smoothly, there are no financial troubles; she
Monday, July 4th, 20:00 hrs,
Fassbinder’s only science fiction film (based on a novel by Daniel Galouye) anticipated the themes of
Tuesday, July 5th, 21:30 hrs,
Bricklayer Peter first tries to buy his parents’ love, then his wife’s. He has to work ever longer hours to
Wednesday, July 6th, 19:00 hrs,
In "Acht Stunden sind kein Tag", more than in any other of his works, Fassbinder may stray farthest