The American Soldier The German-born American GI Ricky (Karl Scheydt) returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer. Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s experimental noir is a subversive, self-reflexive gangster movie full of unexpected asides and stylistic flourishes, and ...
The American SoldierRainer Werner Fassbinder
Signs of Vigorous Life: New German Cinema,a 1976 BBC program about the film movement of which Fassbinder was a part Scene from Fassbinder’s 1970 filmThe American Soldierthat inspiredAli: Fear Eats the Soul Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara ...
A contemplative soldier, Yossi is starting to buckle under the burden of his secret homosexuality. Jagger and Yossi explore their growing feelings for one another under the suspicious eyes of their fellow soldiers. Their colonel (Sharon Raginiano) brings news of an impending attack, which tests ...
FASSBINDER, Rainer Werner: Love Is Colder than Death(1969) Katzelmacher(1969) Gods of the Plague(1969) The American Soldier(1970) Beware of a Holy Whore(1970) Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day(1972 – 1973) FLAHERTY, Robert:Elephant Boy(1937)(with KORDA, Zoltán) ...
From July 1968 through December 1969 (the date of the antiteater's demise), Fassbinder developed both his directorial skills (an acclaimed staging of Goldoni's The Coffeehouse) and playwriting skill (The American Soldier, Preparadise Sorry Now, and Anarchy in Bavaria). In chapter 3, Barnett...
She starts working at an Allied bar, where she meets American soldier Bill (George Byrd). They start a relationship that is interrupted when Hermann returns alive. During a scuffle between the men, Maria accidentally kills Bill. Hermann takes the blame and goes to jail, while Maria begins a...
From Fassbinder to Pasolini and Sciamma, here are some of the best gay movies from the global arthouse.
The American Soldier(1970) Joachim Preen Actor Ein Herz und eine Seele(1973) Erwin Bootz Barpianist und Sänger in der 'Bar zum Krokodil' (uncredited) I by Day, You by Night(1932) Peter Gauhe Polizist (uncredited) World on a Wire(1973) ...
More Fassbinder on the Criterion Channel: The American Soldier, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Beware of a Holy Whore, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Effi Briest, Chinese Roulette, Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, Fear of Fear, Fox and His Friends, Gods of the Plague, In a Year of 13 Moon...