We Need To Talk: Conversation on Film
(NR) West Germany – 2 hr 4 min – with subtitles
1972 · d. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann
In the lavish loft she shares with her long-suffering assistant, a caustic fashion designer obsesses over an icy model, drawing the three women into a fever-pitched power struggle. Drawing on ’50s melodrama, Fassbinder’s queer classic is a visually exquisite portrait of desire, decked in fur and chiffon.
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Tuesday, October 28
7.00
