'' Fassbinder's Women'' (

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: ''Für mich gab's nur noch Fassbinder'') is a 2000 German documentary

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directed by

Rosa von Praunheim Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitzky (born Holger Radtke; 25 November 1942), known professionally as Rosa von Praunheim, is a German film director, author, painter and one of the most famous gay rights activists in the German-speaking world. In ov ...

. For example, the film was shown at the

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in 2000 and at the

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in 2001.

Plot

The film consists of several interviews with men and women from the private and professional environment of the German film director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main ...

. Rosa von Praunheim gets to the bottom of her relationship with the director, who is said to have been a difficult and eccentric man who did not spare his actors and often treated them badly. Fassbinder's companions usually have an ambivalent relationship with him, since they admired him on the other hand and often had him to thank for their success.

Reception

"As in many of his films, Praunheim's documentary gaze exposes the cliché and thus makes it possible to see the 'Fassbinder phenomenon' in a new way. Praunheim's examination of Fassbinder thus becomes an important piece of German film history." (Prisma Magazin)

References

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* {{Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films directed by Rosa von Praunheim Documentary films about film directors and producers 2000 films 2000 documentary films 2000s German films Rainer Werner Fassbinder