Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Rebel of German Cinema THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS Monday, June 3rd at 7:30 PM $16 Public | $10 Members In this comic and unforgiving social satire, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Fassbinder had gained acclaim for a series of trenchant, quickly made early films, but for this one he took more time and forged a new style—featuring a more complexly woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by the work of his recently discovered idol, Douglas Sirk. (1971, 88 mins)