Thursday, November 18, 2021
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
- Commentary: This film is a German remake of All That Heaven Allows. I just received it, so haven't yet watched it, but I'm really looking forward to it. I can't quite get a fix on this one and refuse to read the Wikipedia write-up, below, before I watch it, so stay tuned for more commentary.
I'll tell you one thing I'm going to do, though. I'm going to figure out how many Sirk movies I have in my collection. It's entirely possible I have some of which I'm unaware. If so, I might need to make a new label. I know. This movie isn't a Sirk movie, but it can be argued that without Sirk's movies, this movie might not exist.
Well, it turns out I have three Sirk movies. So far. His oeuvre is influential, though, so I have a feeling I'll be acquiring more of his work. A label, his name becomes.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Brigitte Mira Emmi Kurowski El Hedi ben Salem Ali Barbara Valentin Barbara Irm Hermann Krista Rainer Werner Fassbinder Eugen Karl Scheydt Albert Kurowski Marquard Bohm Gruber Walter Sedlmayr Angermayer Doris Mattes Mrs. Angermeyer Lilo Pempeit Mrs. Münchmeyer Gusti Kreissl Paula Margit Symo Hedwig
One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1974
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Labels: §1, Criterion3, melodramaA, romance5
