One of the leading lights in New German Cinema.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

One of the leading lights in New German Cinema.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A comprehensive look at the earliest of Fassbinder's films

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A comprehensive look at the earliest of Fassbinder's films

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cineastes should delight in the opportunity to behold the work of a pioneer.

~ Chris -

Cineastes should delight in the opportunity to behold the work of a pioneer.

~ Chris -

But while visually striking at times, narratively the film often plods along and the revolutionary rants tend to get repetitive.

~ Leanne McGrath -

But while visually striking at times, narratively the film often plods along and the revolutionary rants tend to get repetitive.

~ Leanne McGrath -

A heartbreaking depiction of a man driven over the edge by an uncaring society.

~ Leanne McGrath -

A heartbreaking depiction of a man driven over the edge by an uncaring society.

~ Leanne McGrath -

The film is an intelligent, technically proficient and complex critique of this period, weaving metaphors for the German body politic and psyche of the time.

~ Ben Sillis -

The film is an intelligent, technically proficient and complex critique of this period, weaving metaphors for the German body politic and psyche of the time.

~ Ben Sillis -

While hard going, the film grows on you.

~ Moominkat -

While hard going, the film grows on you.

~ Moominkat -

An excellent introduction to his nihilistic but strangely poetic worldview.

~ Jeff Robson -

An excellent introduction to his nihilistic but strangely poetic worldview.

~ Jeff Robson -

The quality of the writing, editing, cinematography and everything else is top-notch, but it’s undoubtedly a bleak, hard watch.

~ Jeff Robson -

The quality of the writing, editing, cinematography and everything else is top-notch, but it’s undoubtedly a bleak, hard watch.

~ Jeff Robson -

The bold black and white cinematography looks stunning and enhances the mood of the film.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

The bold black and white cinematography looks stunning and enhances the mood of the film.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

Fassbinder’s technical skill is, as always, flawless.

~ Leanne McGrath -

Fassbinder’s technical skill is, as always, flawless.

~ Leanne McGrath -

Fassbinder's camerawork is nothing short of masterful.

~ Leanne McGrath -

Fassbinder's camerawork is nothing short of masterful.

~ Leanne McGrath -

Lengthy and charmless.

~ Moominkat -

Lengthy and charmless.

~ Moominkat -

As with most of Fassbinder's work it is very much an acquired taste, requiring that one accept the notion of film as something more than just entertainment, as a tool to make one think.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

As with most of Fassbinder's work it is very much an acquired taste, requiring that one accept the notion of film as something more than just entertainment, as a tool to make one think.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There can be little question that it is a masterpiece.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

There can be little question that it is a masterpiece.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

While some of the noir/expressionist compositions are undeniably effective as images, there is the sense of a certain lack of integration into the whole.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

While some of the noir/expressionist compositions are undeniably effective as images, there is the sense of a certain lack of integration into the whole.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -