Saturday, October 28
2pm
Online Film Discussion
Presented as part of Scarecrow Academy - Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film, Part 2
Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Brigitte Mira
A humble widowed
hausfrau takes up with an immigrant from North Africa, much to the horror of her children and community. This quasi-remake of
All That Heaven Allows showcases Fassbinder's ability to combine irony and sincerity to dazzling effect.
Part Two of Scarecrow Academy's "Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film," a free online discussion series, continues with another nine weeks of movies that explore the way imaginative filmmakers have put women at the center of their hothouse creative universes. From traditional "women's pictures" to radical zig-zags on the idea of melodrama, these titles blend female-forward dilemmas with articulate cinematic style.
Discussions are led by National Society of Film Critics member Robert Horton, author of the Seasoned Ticket column at the Scarecrow blog and Scarecrow's "Historian-Programmer in Residence."
