How interesting to see Whity just two weeks after I saw Django Unchained. Both Fassbinder and Tarantino pay homage / deconstruct the Western in the two films, while Tarantino goes the Blacksploitation route and Fassbinder goes the gay/subteranean-fucked-up-route. It will come as no surprise to readers of this blog that I preferred Whity. It displays […]
Tag Archives: holy whore
February
12
Whity – Fassbinder and the dark side of the Western. (film Review)
posted by lisathatcher
Beware of a holy whore: Fassbinders take on film
posted by lisathatcher
I really really enjoyed this film! in researching Fassbinder, I have read that he was heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard and I can only assume that to be the case, because Godard is all over this fantastic film – however Fassbinder has the smarts and the eye to take Godard just that little further. In […]
Lisa Thatcher 