Fassbinder: The Life And Work Of A Provocative Genius
By: Christian Braad Thomsen
3.58
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Rainer Werner Fassbinder was the most innovative practitioner of New German Cinema. He worked at br…
Want to Read $ 10.99"From the beginning, Fassbinder's films showed that with the help of art it is possible to defend oneself against the destructive forces of the present, and that in the artistic process there is some kind of labour of resistance and a possibility of survival. It gradually also became a fundamental theme of his films."-Christian Braad Thomsen, Fassbinder: The Life And Work Of A Provocative Genius
"From the beginning, Fassbinder's films showed that with the help of art it is possible to defend oneself against the destructive forces of the present, and that in the artistic process there is some kind of labour of resistance and a possibility of survival. It gradually also became a fundamental theme of his films."-Christian Braad Thomsen, Fassbinder: The Life And Work Of A Provocative Genius
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11. Fassbinder: The Life And Work Of A Provocative Genius
By: Christian Braad Thomsen
3.58
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
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"From the beginning, Fassbinder's films showed that with the help of art it is possible to defend oneself against the destructive forces of the present, and that in the artistic process there is some …"-Christian Braad Thomsen, Fassbinder: The Life And Work Of A Provocative Genius
