This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder.About the films:From the very beginning of his incandescent career, the New German Cinema enfant terrible Rainer Werner Fassbinder refused to play by the rules. His politically charged, experimental first films, made at an astonishingly rapid rate between 1969 and 1970, were influenced by the work of the Antiteater, an avant-garde stage troupe that he had helped found in Munich. Collected here are five of those fascinating and confrontational works. Whether a self- conscious meditation on American crime movies, a scathing indictment of xenophobia in contemporary Germany, or an off-the-wall look at the dysfunctional relationships on film sets, each is a startling glimpse into the mind of a twentysomething man who was to become one of cinema’s most madly prolific artists.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes.Timeline for the podcast:Introduction/Background (Love is Colder than Death (Katzelmacher (Conclusion (Buy The Box Set On Amazon:Episode LinksDirector OverviewThe Fassbinder Foundation – His Life – His ArtSenses of CinemaJim’s ReviewsThe PlaylistWikipediaCriterionDangerous Minds (features video clip of 1969 Berlin Biennale, with Love is Colder than Death in competition.)Film.com ranking of all Fassbinder films from worst to best (one person’s opinion)Box Set ReviewsRogerEbert.com review by Steve EricksonThe Dissolve review by Noel MurrayPopMatters review by John OurslerHome Theater Forum review by Matt HoughDVDBlu review by Christopher S. LongLove is Colder than DeathDavid’s Journey through the Eclipse Series reviewOnly the Cinema review by Ed HowardCinepassion review by Fernando F. CroceOzu’s World review by Dennis SchwartzKatzelmacherDavid’s Journey through the Eclipse Series reviewCombustible Celluloid review by Jeffrey AndersonStrictly Film School review by AcquerelloEFilmCritic review by Scott WeinbergNext time on the podcast: Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder [Part 2]Contact usTwitterEmail: theeclipseviewer (at) gmail.comDavid Blakeslee ( Twitter / Website )Trevor Berrett ( Twitter / Website )