Gods of the Plague
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Canada DVD Cover InformationActor: Carla Egerer, Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven, Jan George, Micha CochinaDVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); German (Original Language), Unknown Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 88 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-06-10 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Fox Lorber Movie Reviews of Gods of the PlagueMovie Review: Visually stunning, dramatically understated film noir
Gods of the Plague (released in 1970) is a powerful, visually stunning, yet dramatically understated film noir - and pure Fassbinder; Wellspring's DVD transfer is detailed and crisp. Fassbinder himself ranked this film fifth on the list he made, shortly before he died, of "The Top 10 of My Own Films." Not only does he pay homage to some of the masterpieces of this genre which he loved (from Kubrick's The Killing and Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly to Godard's Breathless and Band of Outsiders), he brings his unique perspective, including his incisive sense of humor. This film is the centerpiece in a loose trilogy - of which each picture has a distinct dramatic and visual style (all shot in black and white by his frequent cinematographer, Dietrich Lohmann) - beginning with his debut feature, Love is Colder Than Death (1969), and concluding with The American Soldier (1970). (In 1970 alone Fassbinder made five feature films and directed three major stage productions!) Characters recur throughout the series; and they often use the same names as the actors playing them. The pivotal role is two-bit Munich hood Franz Walsch, played by Fassbinder himself in the first and third films, but (perhaps confusingly) by Harry Baer here (although Fassbinder, wearing the same black leather jacket from the first film, has a droll cameo as a different character). Baer brings some intriguing new qualities to the role, most notably a sleek, feral, yet passive, sexiness. It is also worth noting that "Franz Walsch" was Fassbinder's frequent pseudonym; he used it in the credits for the many films which he edited. |
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