Movie Review - The Merchant of Four Seasons
Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (1972)
directed by Reiner Werner Fassbinder
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Sometimes you wished you watched the sad movie first so that the happy movie could cheer you up. You think, while you sit there, that Fassbinder displays so much empathy for Hans, and fills his movie with so many beautiful images, that maybe it isn't sad after all. It is. When I couldn't sleep afterwards I thought about the fruit stand - the red awning and blue van and the brown paper for pears and plums - and then I did.
directed by Reiner Werner Fassbinder
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Sometimes you wished you watched the sad movie first so that the happy movie could cheer you up. You think, while you sit there, that Fassbinder displays so much empathy for Hans, and fills his movie with so many beautiful images, that maybe it isn't sad after all. It is. When I couldn't sleep afterwards I thought about the fruit stand - the red awning and blue van and the brown paper for pears and plums - and then I did.
posted by NPK at 7:54 AM
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