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Imitations of Life: The
Legacy of Rainer Werner Fassbinder
On the heels of the NuArt's three-film tease, LACMA
delivers the full-frontal Fassbinder festival throughout April.
As one of the world's most prolific and complex filmmakers, a man
for whom the term auteur seems a feeble understatement, Rainer Werner
Fassbinder exhibited devastating energy. He directed several dozen
plays and over 40 film and TV projects before a drug overdose snuffed
out his hard-nosed comet at age 37. His films blend clichéd
cinematic situations from all genres with the anti-theatre philosophy
of Brecht, an unapologetic and ambisexual amorality, an admiration
for Douglas Sirk melodramas, and a particularly biting (and German) social criticism. Fassbinder's
omnivorous oeuvre always includes emotional provocations of varying
tremors, and characters in whom we often painfully recognize our
own frailty, sadism, loneliness, and desperation.
when: Now through Mon 4.26.03
where: Bing Auditorium, Los Angeles County Museum of
Art (5905 Wilshire Blvd, 877.522.6225)
price: $8
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