Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Rebel of German Cinema
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
Tuesday, June 4th at 7:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
In the early 1970s, Fassbinder discovered the American melodramas of Douglas
Sirk and was inspired to begin working in a new, more intensely emotional
register. One of the best-loved films of this period in his career, this
unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a
fashion designer (Margit Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna
Schygulla)—based on the director’s own obsession with a young actor—is a true
Fassbinder affair, featuring exquisitely claustrophobic cinematography by
Michael Ballhaus and full-throttle performances by an all-female cast. (1972,
125 mins)