Fassbinder's Women (German: Für mich gab's nur noch Fassbinder) is a 2000 German documentary film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The film was shown at the Locarno Festival in 2000 and at the Outfest in Los Angeles in 2001.[1][2]

Fassbinder's Women
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Directed byRosa von Praunheim
Written byRosa von Praunheim
Produced byGerold Hofmann
Holger Prebe
StarringBrigitte Mira
Irm Hermann
Hanna Schygulla
Barbara Valentin
Ingrid Caven
Jeanne Moreau
Michael Ballhaus
Harry Baer
CinematographyElfi Mikesch
Edited byMike Shepard
Music byPeer Raben
Production
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ZDF / ARTE
Release date
  • 10 November 2000 (2000-11-10)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Box office$160,854 (USA)

Plot

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The film consists of several interviews with men and women from the private and professional environment of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Rosa von Praunheim gets to the bottom of her relationship with the director, who is said to have been a difficult and eccentric man who did not spare his actors and often treated them badly. Fassbinder's companions usually have an ambivalent relationship with him, since they admired him on the other hand and often had him to thank for their success.

Reception

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"As in many of his films, Praunheim's documentary gaze exposes the cliché and thus makes it possible to see the 'Fassbinder phenomenon' in a new way. Praunheim's examination of Fassbinder thus becomes an important piece of German film history." (Prisma Magazin)[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Für mich gab's nur noch Fassbinder". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. ^ "Für mich gab's nur noch Fassbinder". Mubi. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. ^ "Für mich gab's nur noch Fassbinder". Prisma Magazin, 2000. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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