Rent Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Vol.1: Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)

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1h 24min
Rent Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Vol.1: Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (aka Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Fassbinder's first international success observes middle-class conformity and alienation with a finely judged balance of empathy and dark satire. Mild-mannered Herr R. works in an architectural practice and lives with his wife and son. His time is spent ambling through the monotony of his daily routine and indulging in meaningless small talk. But one shocking evening, Herr R. finds he can take no more.
Actors:
, , , , , , , , , , , Vinzenz Sterr, Maria Sterr, , , , Thomas Keck, Hanna Axmann-Rezzori, Johannes Fengler,
Directors:
,
Writers:
Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Aka:
Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?
Studio:
Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
Genres:
Drama
Collections:
The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Countries:
Germany
BBFC:
Release Date:
12/11/2007
Run Time:
84 minutes
Languages:
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder biographies

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Reviews (1) of Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Vol.1: Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Cringing monotony made compelling viewing. - Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Vol.1: Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? review by NP

Spoiler Alert
28/09/2017

The dangers of taking someone for granted!

We all get into a rut from time to time and it is human nature not to always respect others. This is very much how Herr Raab finds himself - or at least, how his nearest and dearest find him. Part of the perverse joy of watching RW Fassbinder films is that we're only privy to what he wants us to be privy to. We observe people, and hear their (often meaningless) small talk, but don't necessarily know what they're thinking. Raab seems to endure his lot with stoicism.

There are parallels within Fassbinder's to that of the UK's celebrated director Mike Leigh: the minutiae of the everyday takes on a new and often murky meaning under their lens. And yet their observational film-making is never boring. Such is the case here. Throughout the cringingly monotony, there is the feeling that not all is well.

Pressures to succeed, to conform, to literally keep up with the Joneses, delivered so casually on a day-to-day basis with no possible way out shows very well the smallness of existence. An unforgiving life study, this is well worth a watch.

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