Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? (1970)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Michael Fengler

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)
Michael Fengler (writer)

Release Date:

17 novembre 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

With slicked-down hair and three-piece suits, dependable Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. He gets...

Plot Keywords:

Husband Wife Relationship | Mother Son Relationship | Family Relationships | Giving A Toast | Marriage

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Mr. Fassbinder, why do we see what we see?

Ensemble

Lilith Ungerer	...	Frau R.
Kurt Raab	...	Herr R.
Lilo Pempeit	...	Kollegin im Büro
Franz Maron	...	Chef
Harry Baer	...	Kollege im Büro
Peter Moland	...	Kollege im Büro
Hanna Schygulla	...	Schulfreundin
Ingrid Caven	...	Nachbarin
Irm Hermann	...	Nachbarin
Doris Mattes	...	Nachbarin
Hannes Gromball	...	Nachbar
Vinzenz Sterr	...	Opa Raab (as Herr Sterr)
Maria Sterr	...	Oma Raab (as Frau Sterr)
Peer Raben	...	Schulfreund
Eva Pampuch	...	Schallplattenverkäuferin

Autre(s) titre(s):

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (International: English title)
Pourquoi monsieur R. est-il atteint de folie meurtrière? (France) [fr]

Durée:

88 min | Germany:90 min (Festivalfassung)

Pays:

West Germany

Langue:

Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Finland:K-15 | West Germany:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Antiteater-Produktion

Anecdotes:

In 2003 on a interview for Village Voice Hanna Schygulla claimed that this film was completely done by co-director Michael Fengler and Rainer Werner Fassbinder had nothing to do with the actual film. She also claimed that film was almost completely improvised which wasn't Fassbinder's way to make movies. Fassbinder still is credited as director and writer on the actual film and on many official sources, including Fassbinder Foundation's website.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Herr R. leaves the doctor the camera team can be seen in the mirror on the wall.

Movie Connections:

References Alma Mater (1969) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Stand by Me

Mr. Fassbinder, why do we see what we see?

Why does Mr. R. run Amok? This question opens the films. Apparently. At first site Kurt Raab seems to lead quite a good life. He has a creative job, colleagues that accept him, at home there's a beautiful wife and a nice son. But thanks to Fassbinder and his way of filming, we can see closer at Herr R.

From the beginning he is simply not there, as Patrick Bateman would put it. When his colleagues make jokes, he walks with them, but not laughs with them. When his wife brings a friend, we see his narrow-mindedness. She is self-assured and liberal with no clue of what to do with her life, something Kurt is unable to understand. He needs order. He is order. He trys to have everything perfect in his sense, he works technically perfect like a machine, but lacks (human) ideas, or tries to cure his son's speech problems, but he always fails.

His system of perfection does not work. He does not work. And it keeps going on. You see Kurt in different allday situations, where he doesn't behave (all too) strange in a obvious way. But watch him more carefully and you see that he's empty. He holds down all emotions. In a banal situation, when he sees that his life is not perfect at all, and unable to adjust his system to the others like he always was, he tries to make his life perfect by eliminating all disturbing factors. He runs amok. And he does so as he always did: Emotionless.

What Fassbinder wants to show us, is what lies beneath the human fassade. We never know what a person really thinks or feel, because we're all masters of disguise and on the other hand unable or unwilling to find out (another) one's real feelings. And that can be dangerous.