RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER Vol. 2
One of the most acclaimed and con- VERONIKA VOSS IN A YEAR OF THIRTEEN MOONS THE THIRD GENERATION GERMANY IN AUTUMN
troversial post-war German filmmakers,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder created a pro-
lific and extraordinarily influential body of
work that revolutionised cinema.
- Influeneced by Billy Wilder’s ‘Sunset Boulevard’, Fassbinder’s savage satire stars Rosel Zech
as the eponymous Veronika Voss, a washed-up film star who dreams of returning to the glory
days of her past.
Germany 1979 / 104 mins / Colour / 16:9 / Dolby Digital dual mono
- Volker Spengler gives an extraordinary performance as the transgendered Elvira, a man who
has become a woman in a desperate bid to please a former lover. Relaying various episodes from Elvira’s life, Fassbinder’s powerful film is one of his most intensely personal.
Germany 1978 / 124 mins / Colour / 16:9 / Dolby Digital dual mono
- One of Fassbinder’s most controversial films, ‘The Third Generation’ is a perverse satire about
an incompetent gang of bourgeois terrorists who are motivated more by a desire for action than
by their weak political convictions.
Germany 1979 / 110 mins / Colour / 16:9 / Dolby Digital dual mono
- This fascinating portmanteau film also takes as its subject the political unrest wrought in the
autumn of 1977 by the terrorist activities of Red Army Faction. Through documentary, drama-
tised vignettes and archival footage, Fassbinder and his collaborators examine the events and
explore the motivations behind this crisis point in German history.
Germany 1978 / 124 mins / Colour / 16:9 / Dolby Digital dual mono
