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Title: The Merchant of Four Seasons Format: DVD Condition: New Number Of Discs: 1 Release Date: 26/05/2015 Genre: Drama Actors: Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Audio Language: German Runtime: 1 hour and 28 minutes Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...) Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct) Subtitle Language: English Certificate: MPAA Not Rated Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION New German Cinema icon Rainer Werner Fassbinder (World on a Wire) kicked off a new phase of his young career when he made the startling The Merchant of Four Seasons. In this despairing yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Fassbinder had skyrocketed to renown on the acclaim of a series of trenchant, quickly made early films, but for this one he took more time and forged a new style - featuring a more complexly woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by the work of his recently discovered idol, Douglas Sirk. The result is a meticulously made, unforgiving social satire.
REVIEW New German Cinema icon Rainer Werner Fassbinder (World on a Wire) kicked off a new phase of his young career when he made the startling The Merchant of Four Seasons. In this despairing yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Fassbinder had skyrocketed to renown on the acclaim of a series of trenchant, quickly made early films, but for this one he took more time and forged a new style—featuring a more complexly woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by the work of his recently discovered idol, Douglas Sirk. The result is a meticulously made, unforgiving social satire.
SET CONTAINS: DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
* New 4K digital restoration * Audio commentary featuring filmmaker Wim Wenders * New interviews with actors Irm Hermann and Hans Hirschmüller * New interview with film scholar Eric Rentschler * New English subtitle translation * PLUS: An essay by film scholar Thomas Elsaesser
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