Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno... (imdb)
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Crime
AKA: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod
Country: West Germany
Directed By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Ulli Lommel, Hans Hirschmüller, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab, Liz Soellner, Gisela Otto, Ursula Strätz, Peer Raben
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Love Is Colder Than Death belongs to 10 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 50 stars)
2. boobs (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 45 stars)
3. Directorial debut (public: moderated by djross - 17 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 17 stars)
5. Doubling The Canon (public - 13 stars)
6. New German Cinema (public: moderated by lucbapt - 9 stars)
7. Eclipse Series (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 8 stars)
8. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
9. The Lost Picture Show Podcast (public: moderated by Coheed - 2 stars)
10. Booed in Berlin (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
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| Aug 04 | hertzfeldts | 64 53% |
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| Jul 26 |  |
nihilcthulhu | 75 54% |
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Maaxwell | 75 69% |
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Fassbinder’s first is all style over substance, but the simplicity and nonchalance give it a coolness that many of its French New Wave influences try too hard for and completely miss. As such, the narrative thinness is easily overlooked, as the laid-back aesthetic, particularly that of the central trio walking down the street accompanied only by the sound of shoe on stone, is sufficiently entrancing.
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Swoony | 73 40% |
| Oct 25, 2015 |  |
ITBSPodcast | 100 0% |
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"Well Fassbinder would disagree with you about Kurt Raab, he put on his list..."
http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/05/episode-58-first-fassbinder-episode.html
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| Oct 13, 2015 |  |
karamazov. | 35 44% |
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Remarkably self-assured debut, but much too nouvelle vague for my tastes, not to mention totally lacking the sensitivity, empathy, and political and emotional insight of his later work. Nevertheless, Fassbinder's deconstruction of the gangster film genre has an impressive command of framing and [probably even more than Godard, et al.] of the rhythms of choreography, camera movement, and editing. Not really my thing.
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TraverseTown | 15 6% |
| May 19, 2015 | zetes | 60 20% |
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telbis | 60 23% |
| Sep 06, 2014 | invention | 4 87% |
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| Sep 01, 2014 |  |
chadisdanger | 77 46% |
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Reminds me of some of Godard's more gangster-film-influenced work, but Fassbinder deconstructs the genre even further to create a chilly and fascinating work. The characters are little more than avatars for aimless nihilism; they idle in Schygulla's apartment, kill strangers for no reason and generally reflect little humanity as the plot, thin as it is, progresses.
While it's far from his best work, it's an interesting debut.
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thewire | 73 63% |
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bernardobrum | 71 32% |
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Fassbinder's Bande-à-Part
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| Jan 10, 2014 |  |
sebby | 75 82% |
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fact100 | 70 64% |
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closedmouth | 70 40% |
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Very self-conscious in its attempts to be a cool Nouvelle Vague gangster picture, but the stark black and white compositions are frequently beautiful, especially for a first film. And after watching a few of his films I'm coming to appreciate Fassbinder's apparently sharp eye for a great pair of tits. The women in his movies seem to always have amazing bodies, which is downright impressive for a gay man. Even if you think his movies are boring, they're always easy on the eye.
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Piglet | 69 53% |
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Hans_Lucas | 74 31% |
| Nov 29, 2013 | donquixotic | 20 12% |
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I like to try to give films I don't like but have had them recommended to me a good 30 minutes before abandoning them. I made it 20 minutes before abandoning this turgid tosh
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| Nov 27, 2013 | HVM | 60 32% |
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Suture Self | 7 68% |
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Highly mannered and uneventful, almost in the sense that the characters are just models for a fashion show, but it's distinctly cool, the compositions are strong, and the sexual tension and air of betrayal makes the story effective. I can't say I loved it, or even that it's great, but for a first movie this is very solid. I might like it more if I revisit it.
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Shellish | 80 76% |
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loc42 | 70 56% |
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Utterly cool. Both completely breezy and yet also possessing this ability to render every scene as almost alien to you, or so self aware you can't help but love every subtle wink towards the camera. Its main strength may be its style, but when the style is so bold, distinct and captivating (well, for the most part anyway) it really doesn't matter for this film watcher. It may spend most of its time posing but the poses it striked were great.
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RadioFreeLee | 72 48% |
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macumbalove | 50 0% |
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Neonman | 68 31% |
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Apart from the defiant and striking B&W cinematography, this has a lot of low-budget stigma to it. The technical side of this can be dismissed, but not the lack of creative substance and the awkward slow pacing. But it is rather cool and feels more of an examination of gangster films rather than an imitation.
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| Oct 24, 2010 |  |
SlantMag | 30 78% |
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"These disquieting moments evoke a strange and complex sexual relationship between the film's characters bound to end in ravishing betrayals." - Ed Gonzalez
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| Oct 14, 2010 | etherealtard | 69 32% |
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Lot of Godard over here. But not so good as any of his golden period movies, of course. I agree with user flaneur, who said that there is "a lot of posing and trying to look cool". But I kinda like it, anyway.
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Juvenile and amateurish. Very dated first effort from Fassbinder. Owes an obvious debt to the nouvelle vague and not in a good way. A lot of posing and trying to look cool. Skip it.
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| Average Percentile 47.23% from 195 Ratings |  |
