Fassbinder

American

[fahs-bin-der] / ˈfɑs bɪn dər /

noun

Rainer Werner 1946–82, German film actor and director.

Fassbinder British

/ ˈfasbɪndər /

noun

Rainer Werner (ˈrainər ˈvɛrnər). 1946–82, West German film director. His films include The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), Fear Eats the Soul (1974), and The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)

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Yorgos really likes the Rainer Werner Fassbinder films where the dolly moves and it zooms in and out.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Sarcastically punctuated by quotes from artistic giants like Dreyer, Godard and Fassbinder, it skewers the movie industry with playful contempt but also with an undimmed faith in the raw power of sound and image.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022

German actor Udo Kier has worked with some of cinema’s edgiest renegades, from Andy Warhol and Rainer Werner Fassbinder to Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

Roehler shoots “Enfant Terrible” on stage-like studio sets, working through certain stylistic elements from certain Fassbinder films.

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

Besides, I’d been feeling sorry for Cade s loneliness since the end of the school year and the absence of Monica Fassbinder.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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