Kurt Raab, the hero of 1970's Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (screening as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's "Fassbinder: Romantic Anarchist" retrospective), enjoys what Pritchett would have called a life of "congenial monotony" — though it hardly seems to afford him much happiness.
For roughly 80 minutes, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Michael Fengler plunge us headlong into the sprawling vanilla blankness of Kurt's daily routine, where at both work and at home he is permitted to occupy only the corner of the frame.
Kurt is a man who has long since receded into the background of his own existence: Whether pottering about the house he shares with his socialite wife (Lilith Ungerer) or toiling listlessly in an office where nobody pays him much mind, he...
For roughly 80 minutes, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Michael Fengler plunge us headlong into the sprawling vanilla blankness of Kurt's daily routine, where at both work and at home he is permitted to occupy only the corner of the frame.
Kurt is a man who has long since receded into the background of his own existence: Whether pottering about the house he shares with his socialite wife (Lilith Ungerer) or toiling listlessly in an office where nobody pays him much mind, he...
- 5/14/2014
- Village Voice
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