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Veronika Voss - 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.
Special features tbc: interviews with actress Rosel Zech, editor Juliane Lorenz, director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger and co-writer Peter Märthesheimer/ theatrical trailer
In a Year of Thirteen Moons - 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.
Special features tbc: interviews with filmmaker Werner Schroeter and co-writer Juliane Lorenz/ panel discussion with the performers/ theatrical trailer
The Third Generation - 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.
Special features tbc: Interview with co-writer Juliane Lorenz, theatrical trailer
Germany in Autumn - 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, dramatised vignettes and archival footage, Fassbinder and his collaborators examine the events and explore the motivations behind this crisis point in German history.
Special features tbc: interview with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff and co-writer Juliane Lorenz/ theatricaltrailer
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: German ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Veronika Voss (1982)
Originally Die Sehnsucht de Veronika Voss, this Rainer Werner Fassbinder spin on Sunset Boulevard stars Rosel Zech as film actress Veronika Voss. Once the toast of Germany, Veronika had allegedly been an intimate of Joseph Gobbels. But the Third Reich is dead...and Veronika may as well be. Playing to an increasingly diminishing fan following, Veronika turns to drugs to cushion her against the cruelties of life. Her self-destruction is accelerated by her 'Doctor Feelgood' Annemaire Duringer, who plys Veronika with morphine in order to gain control of the actress's money and property. Well-meaning sportswriter Hilmar Thate tries to save Veronika from herself, sacrificing his own personal happiness -- and the life of his girlfriend Cornelia Froeboess -- in the process. Allegedly an amalgam of several true stories, Veronika Voss is the last of Fassbinder's 'postwar trilogy' (the first two were The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola).
In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
This Rainer Werner Fassbinder drama centers around the lonely quest for love of Elvira Weishaupt, a man who became a woman to please his/her man. Just prior to that, Elivira had been jilted by her previous live-in partner, a man. She does the operation to win the heart of another, Anton. Unfortunately, the sex-change operation does not change the intended's mind; Anton is simply not interested.
The Third Generation (1979)
Displaying a sense of humor that can most kindly be de...Rainer Werner Fassbinder Vol. 2 - 4-DVD Box Set ( Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss / In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden / Die Dritte Generation / Deutschland im Herbst ) ( Veronika Voss / In a Year of 13 Moons / The Third Generation / Germany in Au
Originally Die Sehnsucht de Veronika Voss, this Rainer Werner Fassbinder spin on Sunset Boulevard stars Rosel Zech as film actress Veronika Voss. Once the toast of Germany, Veronika had allegedly been an intimate of Joseph Gobbels. But the Third Reich is dead...and Veronika may as well be. Playing to an increasingly diminishing fan following, Veronika turns to drugs to cushion her against the cruelties of life. Her self-destruction is accelerated by her 'Doctor Feelgood' Annemaire Duringer, who plys Veronika with morphine in order to gain control of the actress's money and property. Well-meaning sportswriter Hilmar Thate tries to save Veronika from herself, sacrificing his own personal happiness -- and the life of his girlfriend Cornelia Froeboess -- in the process. Allegedly an amalgam of several true stories, Veronika Voss is the last of Fassbinder's 'postwar trilogy' (the first two were The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola).
In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
This Rainer Werner Fassbinder drama centers around the lonely quest for love of Elvira Weishaupt, a man who became a woman to please his/her man. Just prior to that, Elivira had been jilted by her previous live-in partner, a man. She does the operation to win the heart of another, Anton. Unfortunately, the sex-change operation does not change the intended's mind; Anton is simply not interested.
The Third Generation (1979)
Displaying a sense of humor that can most kindly be de...Rainer Werner Fassbinder Vol. 2 - 4-DVD Box Set ( Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss / In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden / Die Dritte Generation / Deutschland im Herbst ) ( Veronika Voss / In a Year of 13 Moons / The Third Generation / Germany in Au
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The four films contained in this box set should appeal to anyone who is a fan of Fassbinder, and indeed anyone who is interested in worthwhile, thought provoking cinema.
'Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss' features a wonderful performance by Rosel Zech in the lead role, the only film she made with Fassbinder, which is a shame because she is a brilliant actress. The film looks at Veronika's fall from grace as a once popular film star during the Third Reich to her emotional disintegration and morphine addiction and the strange relationships with the people around her including her doctor who supplies her with morphine and a journalist who becomes interested in her and wants to write about her. The film is deliberately shot in black and white for aesthetic reasons, the cameraman who suggested this believed the contrast between light and shadow creates more striking images, and I think he has a point. The films visual style and Rosel Zech's performance make this one of my favourite Fassbinder films.
`Die Dritte Generation' is Fassbinder's fictional take on the activities of of a group of bourgeois terrorists in the 1970s, offering both a critique of their somewhat dubious methods and motivations but also on the authorities handling of the situation, which is typical of Fassbinder's style as he likes to criticize everything he considers to be false or flawed in society rather than take sides or support any particular political viewpoint. The film, although good, is somewhat overshadowed by the brilliant `Deutschland im Herbst' which was made by a group of filmmakers about the period of german history known as `Deutschen Herbst' i.e. events which took place in the Autumn of 1977. This was a difficult time in Germany as there seemed to be growing disillusionment in some sections of society with the democratic process, many people believing that a more authoritarian government was needed to deal with the problem, plus there was a media blackout on the events which made informed discussion on the subject difficult, and this film was designed to make people think about the events in a more informed and balanced way. It is a mixture of documentary using archive footage as well as fictional scenes where characters discuss various themes pertaining to the situation, and the film should appeal to anyone with an interest in german history or indeed sociology and democracy.
The other film featured here, 'In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden', is about a man who goes to the lengths of becoming a woman please his lover and is interesting but a trifle too bizarre in my opinion and I wasn't sure what to make of it but perhaps you will be able to make something of it.
Overall I think this box set deserves 5 stars as Fassbinder is a genius and `Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss' and `Deutschland im Herbst' are outstanding.
'Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss' features a wonderful performance by Rosel Zech in the lead role, the only film she made with Fassbinder, which is a shame because she is a brilliant actress. The film looks at Veronika's fall from grace as a once popular film star during the Third Reich to her emotional disintegration and morphine addiction and the strange relationships with the people around her including her doctor who supplies her with morphine and a journalist who becomes interested in her and wants to write about her. The film is deliberately shot in black and white for aesthetic reasons, the cameraman who suggested this believed the contrast between light and shadow creates more striking images, and I think he has a point. The films visual style and Rosel Zech's performance make this one of my favourite Fassbinder films.
`Die Dritte Generation' is Fassbinder's fictional take on the activities of of a group of bourgeois terrorists in the 1970s, offering both a critique of their somewhat dubious methods and motivations but also on the authorities handling of the situation, which is typical of Fassbinder's style as he likes to criticize everything he considers to be false or flawed in society rather than take sides or support any particular political viewpoint. The film, although good, is somewhat overshadowed by the brilliant `Deutschland im Herbst' which was made by a group of filmmakers about the period of german history known as `Deutschen Herbst' i.e. events which took place in the Autumn of 1977. This was a difficult time in Germany as there seemed to be growing disillusionment in some sections of society with the democratic process, many people believing that a more authoritarian government was needed to deal with the problem, plus there was a media blackout on the events which made informed discussion on the subject difficult, and this film was designed to make people think about the events in a more informed and balanced way. It is a mixture of documentary using archive footage as well as fictional scenes where characters discuss various themes pertaining to the situation, and the film should appeal to anyone with an interest in german history or indeed sociology and democracy.
The other film featured here, 'In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden', is about a man who goes to the lengths of becoming a woman please his lover and is interesting but a trifle too bizarre in my opinion and I wasn't sure what to make of it but perhaps you will be able to make something of it.
Overall I think this box set deserves 5 stars as Fassbinder is a genius and `Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss' and `Deutschland im Herbst' are outstanding.
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