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21 September 2006 15:12 / yum SALTThis came today When I purchased it online, I didn't get to see the cover art. Whoa. I'm hoping for something along the lines of Transformer by Victor Bockris. This looks awesome. Plus it came with two notes inside file under; fassbinder; team popstar link is http://pleasureiseasy.info/2006/09/yum_salt_1.html 4 have made it up below |
22 September 2006 04:59 |
23 September 2006 02:51Ollie writes, I've watched Querelle twice and I still find it a flawed piece of film; I haven't seen anything else by Fassbinder. I have a real problem with auteurs trying to approach film purely through an academic perspective: sure it can be interesting, and unique, but it makes for a kind of betrayal of the cinema experience -- and it's also very often a dull experience. |
23 September 2006 20:33math writes, yeah, Fassbinder is interesting that way. his favorite director was Douglas Sirk, who he apparently admired for his ability to tell stories 'without recourse to art-film'. he actually hoped to win an Oscar for Best Picture someday, which seems utterly inconceivable. 'academic perspective': do you mean the really strained acting style and shit like the Plutarch quote? yeah, for me Querelle was a movie that showed me that adequately beautiful images will excuse pretty much any pretensions, but it's not exactly a movie that welcomes you in. i'd suggest maybe Satan's Brew [Satansbraten], a comedy. The Merchant of the Four Seasons, his first German hit, is very simple and doesn't use formalist tricks like Querelle, but the tone is pretty hateful, so again it's not exactly welcoming though it's not academic either. luv, math+ |
24 September 2006 05:09Ollie writes, I'll check them out. There's this lovely videostore near us which specialises on art films and rare finds; Kevin and I have been meaning to get a membership for ages; now with Autumn approaching, I think it's the best time to cuddle up on the couch and watch some Fassbinder. ;-) |
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wow, i could not have asked for better. on p. xvi of the forward: 'Venice had been heavily weighted that year [1982] to render homage to Fassbinder, but things had not gone well. Querelle had been selected for the main competition, and the film i'd written for him, Kamikaze '89, was shown but not in the running.'
before picking up this book, i had read about Kamikaze '89, but i hadn't noticed about the names. holy shit, ok, so it's the same Robert Katz who wrote that movie. i'm really tempted to pick up a dvd-r of Kamikaze 89 off one of those o.o.p.-vhs-transfer websites.
from the 'author's note', first sentence of said: 'Love Is Colder Than Death is an exemplar of those books which could not have been written without the collaboration of another person.' who uses the word 'exemplar' when 'example' would totally suffice? this dude:
the writing isn't quite as wild as say Transformer, but it does have plenty of lurid details and bizarre scenes with sudden access to all the players' interiority e.g., 'Fassbinder said X. Nobody knew what he meant, not even him.'
also, i went to filmschool twice without ever hearing this story:
