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Criterion Collection: Merchant Of Four Seasons (Händler der vier Jahreszeiten)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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New German Cinema icon Rainer Werner Fassbinder (World on a Wire) kicked off a new phase of his young career when he made the startling The Merchant of Four Seasons. In this despairing yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former poIiceman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Fassbinder had skyrocketed to renown on the accIaim of a series of trenchant, quickIy made early fiIms, but for this one he took more time and forged a new styIe - featuring a more complexIy woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by the work of his recentIy discovered idoI, Douglas Sirk. The result is a meticulousIy made, unforgiving social satire. |
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