Box of 4 Blu-rays and 1 DVD
8 major films by RW Fassbinder shot between 1974 and 1981 to (re)discover in an unpublished restored version: Effi Briest, The Law of the Strongest, Chinese Roulette, The Year of Thirteen Moons, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Germany in autumn, Lola, a German woman, The Secret of Veronika Voss.
From his first short film made in 1966 to his untimely death in 1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder made more than 40 films for cinema and television, painting over the course of his work an extraordinarily rich and complex picture of Germany in the XXth century. The feature films offered in this Collector's Box Vol. 1 attest to the genius of the author, while showing his coherence and his mixed diversity. From his first black and white thriller ( Love is colder than death ) to his very personal homage to Contempt ( Beware of the Holy Whore ) and his undisputed classics ( Petra von Kant's Bitter Tears , Tous the others are called Ali ), find seven cult works of cinema by RW Fassbinder in splendid new restorations!
4 comics + 1 DVD
Original Versions
French subtitles
Formats 1.37, 1.66 and 1.78 respected • Colors and B&W
Total Film Length: 849 mins
THE FILMS (IN BLU-RAY)
BLU-RAY 1: EFFI BRIEST (1974 – B&W – 141 mn) + THE RIGHT OF THE STRONGEST* (1974 – Colors – 124 mn)
BLU-RAY 2: CHINESE ROULETTE* (1976 – Colors – 86 mins) + THE YEAR OF THE THIRTEEN MOONS* (1978 – Colors – 125 mins)
BLU-RAY 3: THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN* (1978 – Colors – 121 mn) + GERMANY IN AUTUMN (EXTRACT)* (1977 – Colors – 33 mn)
BLU-RAY 4: LOLA, A GERMAN WOMAN* (1981 – Colors – 115 mins) + THE SECRET OF VERONIKA VOSS* (1981 – B&W – 104 mins)
* INCLUDES TRAILER
SUPPLEMENTS (IN DVD)
. THE GERMAN TRILOGY an analysis by Marielle Silhouette, Nicole Brenez and Cédric Anger (42 mins)
. HANNA, A GERMAN WOMAN memories of Hanna Schygulla (19 mn)
. THE FASSBINDER HOUSE an analysis by Patrick Straumann (21 mins)
. LOLA, FIREWORKS an analysis by Caroline Champetier (15 mins)
. THE RISE OF LIE an analysis by Jean Douchet (23 mins)
. FASSBINDER FRAUEN an essay by Nicolas Ripoche (25 mins)
. FASSBINDER POLITIK an interview with Heike Hurst (27 mins)
A BOOKLET (12 PAGES)
FROM THE RETROSPECTIVE CATALOG
RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER AT THE FRENCH CINEMATHEQUE
Released April 18, 2018
Also available Reiner Werner Fassbinder Vol. 1
