The Arrow Thread

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

There are one or two of his films with Hanna Schygulla i'd like to get but don't fancy having to buy a box set for them.

All of the box set titles will be getting individual releases (some of them already have).

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by michal

I love Giallo and horror not only for gore and sex but for suspense and fun

Not for political allegory about building the new Germany then?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Besides JHarker shouldn't be so sniffy about them. He's a lot of fun in The Simpsons.

[Justin101]

4 of the titles are out already, I do plan on getting them when they're a bit cheaper. Too pricey for a blind buy at the moment.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Only 3000?!

Plus, if you haven't actually watched any Fassbinder then you can't 100% say that his films are not for you.

Course not! But they appear to me to be arty farty twaddle and as such there are many many many other films I'd prefer to see first. ☺

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

No booklets no reverse art on those Fassbinder releases btw.....I guess you need to buy the super duper boxset....

[J Harker]

All seriousness what genre do these Fassbendy films come under. Am i just a misguided fool? Are they any good? I was seriously surprised to find a few of the new Arrow releases in the horror section at HMV.

[platostotal]

Originally Posted by J Harker

All seriousness what genre do these Fassbendy films come under. Am i just a misguided fool? Are they any good? I was seriously surprised to find a few of the new Arrow releases in the horror section at HMV.

Fassbinder makes the type of film that most people(me included) find just too slow and long-winded, but if you're in the mood for a late night coffee fueled different vibe he has made some quality cinema, but for me people like Takeshi Kitano make far more involving films that are much more enjoyable and in some cases just as deep and multi-layered as Fassbinder, I don't think any Fassbinder could be described as belonging to the horror genre either.

(there is a Monty Python sketch satirizing French cinema with two people talking endlessly on top off a rubbish-tip, always made me think of Fassbinder.)

[J Harker]

Fear Eats the Soul and another i can't recall were in HMV's horror section.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

No, Fassbinder's films certainly aren't horror - after all we're talking Arrow Academy releases here.

Fear Eats the Soul at a basic level is a romantic drama concerning an unconventional relationship.

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