The Oscar Roehler movie depicts R. W. Fassbinder practically as a cult leader, abusing, psychologically, physically and sexually his group of devotees. I watched it expecting the story of his trouble with anti-Semitic theater performance, which was completely glossed over by Roehler: "Cologne Jewish community protesting, after which the show was canceled" appears as an afterthought during a drink. Also, his heterosexual side was made completely sterile at the expense of his numerous (and abusive) homosexual affairs. But suave Andy Warhol appearing in MOMA episode with Fassbinder destroyed the lives of everybody he touched. Violently rude Fassbinder elevated most of his collaborators into the stars of the German cinema and theater.
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