Show notes
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 conclude their two-part discussion of 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 (Gods of the Plague/The American Soldier (Beware of a Holy Whore (Conclusion (Buy The Box Set On Amazon:Episode LinksDirector OverviewFilm Directors SiteRotten TomatoesTSPDTBox Set ReviewsPress Play/Indie Wire video essay by Matthew CheneyIllusion Travels by Streetcar podcastDVDBlu review by Christopher LongGods of the PlagueDavid’s Journey through the Eclipse Series reviewThree Movie Buffs review by Patrick NashSlant magazine review by Ed GonzalezSwimming to Casablanca review by EdThe American SoldierDavid’s Journey through the Eclipse Series reviewOnly the Cinema review by Ed HowardOzu’s World review by Dennis SchwarzBill’s Movie Emporium review by Bill Thompson Beware of a Holy WhoreDavid’s Journey through the Eclipse Series reviewNew York Times review (1976) by Vincent CanbyThe New Yorker review by Richard BrodyScanners review by Jim EmersonJim’s Reviews review by Jim ClarkFilm Comment review by Steven Mears\Nick’s Flick Picks review by Nick DavisNext time on the podcast: Eclipse Series 32: Pearls of the Czech New WaveContact usTwitterEmail: theeclipseviewer (at) gmail.comDavid Blakeslee ( Twitter / Website )Trevor Berrett ( Twitter / Website )