Webster University Film Series has become the location for many national tours of international cinema, often acting as the only such venue in Missouri. The Series is host to speakers and visiting artists who address the pertinent issues in films presented. In an effort to further integrate film with education, the Film Series provides workshops with artists and experts.
As part of the Film Series virtual Speaker Series, Fassbinder February focuses on the works of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the prolific LGBTQ+ film director of 1970s West Germany. Once a week, all throughout February, a guest speaker will give a talk on a different film of the trailblazing director. Each film is available on popular streaming services like The Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and/or Amazon Prime. Watch each ahead of time and then join The Webster University University Film Series all month long for interesting and thought-provoking discussions on the...
As part of the Film Series virtual Speaker Series, Fassbinder February focuses on the works of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the prolific LGBTQ+ film director of 1970s West Germany. Once a week, all throughout February, a guest speaker will give a talk on a different film of the trailblazing director. Each film is available on popular streaming services like The Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and/or Amazon Prime. Watch each ahead of time and then join The Webster University University Film Series all month long for interesting and thought-provoking discussions on the...
- 1/11/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
Filmmaker, libertine, and decadent visionary Rainer Werner Fassbinder went through more doomed romances in the 1970s, the peak of his epic career, than even the most tragic poet could fit into a lifetime. For one, there was his affair with Moroccan actor El Hedi ben Salem, the star of “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul,” a time marked by alcohol and drug abuse, psychological torment by all parties involved, and which ended with Salem going on a stabbing spree and later killing himself. But then there was Armin Meier, an orphaned butcher whom Fassbinder cast in “Chinese Roulette,” “Satan’s Brew,” and “I Only Want You to Love Me.” After their eventual split, Meier downed four bottles of sleeping pills during the week of Fassbinder’s birthday,...
Filmmaker, libertine, and decadent visionary Rainer Werner Fassbinder went through more doomed romances in the 1970s, the peak of his epic career, than even the most tragic poet could fit into a lifetime. For one, there was his affair with Moroccan actor El Hedi ben Salem, the star of “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul,” a time marked by alcohol and drug abuse, psychological torment by all parties involved, and which ended with Salem going on a stabbing spree and later killing himself. But then there was Armin Meier, an orphaned butcher whom Fassbinder cast in “Chinese Roulette,” “Satan’s Brew,” and “I Only Want You to Love Me.” After their eventual split, Meier downed four bottles of sleeping pills during the week of Fassbinder’s birthday,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
Filmmaker, libertine, and decadent visionary Rainer Werner Fassbinder went through more doomed romances in the 1970s, the peak of his epic career, than even the most tragic poet could fit into a lifetime. For one, there was his affair with Moroccan actor El Hedi ben Salem, the star of “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul,” a time marked by alcohol and drug abuse, psychological torment by all parties involved, and which ended with Salem going on a stabbing spree and later killing himself. But then there was Armin Meier, an orphaned butcher whom Fassbinder cast in “Chinese Roulette,” “Satan’s Brew,” and “I Only Want You to Love Me.” After their eventual split, Meier downed four bottles of sleeping pills during the week of Fassbinder’s birthday,...
Filmmaker, libertine, and decadent visionary Rainer Werner Fassbinder went through more doomed romances in the 1970s, the peak of his epic career, than even the most tragic poet could fit into a lifetime. For one, there was his affair with Moroccan actor El Hedi ben Salem, the star of “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul,” a time marked by alcohol and drug abuse, psychological torment by all parties involved, and which ended with Salem going on a stabbing spree and later killing himself. But then there was Armin Meier, an orphaned butcher whom Fassbinder cast in “Chinese Roulette,” “Satan’s Brew,” and “I Only Want You to Love Me.” After their eventual split, Meier downed four bottles of sleeping pills during the week of Fassbinder’s birthday,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
“We’re all pigs,” remarks a character late in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1971 classic The Merchant of Four Seasons, on observation one could apply to most of the desperate and disparate characters littered throughout the German New Wave master’s oeuvre. In this instance, the comment is made by the protagonist’s familial successor. Fassbinder’s flaccid fruit vendor shrinks into the shadows of his own periphery, a failed patriarch reduced to the general fate of mediocre men in times of societal resurgence, (here specifically in the 1950s, the post-war period of the German economic miracle) marked for replacement by a trusted friend, stepping in to pinch-hit. Regarded as one of Fassbinder’s best early titles, it is one of his most accessible Sirkian inspired melodramas earning notable critical applause during an impressively fruitful period, imbued with the director’s favorite themes concerning dwindling personas of those foolish enough to...
- 6/2/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
#52. The Turin Horse Director: Béla Tarr Writer(s): Tarr and László KrasznahorkaiProducers: Gábor TéniDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Freely inspired by an episode that marked the end of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s career. On January 3,1889, on the piazza Alberto in Turin, a weeping Nietzsche flung his arms around an exhausted and ill-treated carriage horse, then lost consciousness.....(more) Cast: Volker Spengler, János Derzsi and Erika Bók. Why is it on the list?: It's moved up several spots from last year's 33 position and this might have to do with the fact we've learned absolutely nothing about the project over the course of 12 months. You have to be impressed by how tight-lipped they've been about this being his last picture. Release Date/Status?: It wasn't ready for Cannes last year, and you can be sure he's had enough time in post to complete the picture for this coming May.
- 1/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Master of the long take, this won't be your standard biopic on Nietzsche - as the Pov is shared with those who changed the philosopher's life course. Rumor is that this would be Tarr's last film. - #33. The Turin Horse Director: Béla Tarr Writer(s): Tarr and László KrasznahorkaiProducers: Gábor TéniDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Freely inspired by an episode that marked the end of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s career. On January 3,1889, on the piazza Alberto in Turin, a weeping Nietzsche flung his arms around an exhausted and ill-treated carriage horse, then lost consciousness.....(more) Cast: Volker Spengler, János Derzsi and Erika Bók. Why is it on the list?: Master of the long take, this won't be your standard biopic on Nietzsche - as the Pov is shared with those who changed the philosopher's life course.
- 2/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
I've been eagerly awaiting any stills or footage on Tarr's latest, but to date have only found project details and some set construction photos so I'm going to share what I do have. Shot last December, I'm assuming the project is in post now and it's supposed to be more "low-key" then his last production, The Man From London (which was awesome). The film stars Czech actor Miroslav Krobot and Hungarian actress Erika Bók, both of whom appeared in The Man From London along with Volker Spengler. This is being called Tarr's last film which I hope isn't true, and makes no sense as he already has another project listed in Idmb (but as co-producer). The film is inspired by Nietzsche who, weeping, flung his his arms around an exhausted and ill-treated carriage horse, then lost consciousness. This marked the end of his career. I'm betting it'll have it's premier at Cannes.
- 3/19/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- Here is a bit of good and bad news on Bela Tarr's next feature. Cineuropa.org reports that Tarr's next -- an Hungarian/Swiss/German/French co-production begins lensing next month for the next five weeks and the bad news is: this will be his last film. Other than a one line mention that The Turin Horse will be his last project, Hungary's filmmaker will most likely showcase the period film in Cannes next May. On board are Czech Miroslav Krobot, actress Erika Bók (The Man from London) and Volker Spengler (A Year of 13 Moons). Co-written by Tarr and Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the film is freely inspired by an episode that marked the end of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s career. On January 3,1889, on the piazza Alberto in Turin, a weeping Nietzsche flung his arms around an exhausted and ill-treated carriage horse, then lost consciousness. After this event – which forms the
- 10/21/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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