Ali: Fear eats the Soul Rainer Fassbinder

Ali: Fear eats the Souls 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder West German Bisexual Young Director 4 weeks with a low budget New German Cinema

(20 years) Low Budget, ‘small’ motion pictures – Snowball into the American studios Oberhausen Manifesto – Unhappy young German directors “Der alte Film ist tot, wir glauben an den Neuen!”

Ali: Fear eats the Soul Challenges the social norms of Germans at the time by: – An immigrant at the center of the film – The love they share – The depiction of the judgmental bitter Family – Shifting priorities

Art-form/Cultural Artifact Influenced by New French Wave Douglas Sirk – 50’s Melodrama German director from US Prime example of Melodrama – New German Melodrama – Fassbinder’s skill as artist/revolutionary director Voyeuristic Spectatorship (Family)