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Aug 7, 2021 · For evidence of this, one need not look any further than his bizarre 1976 chamber drama Chinese Roulette, a film in which every single character is controlling and cruel.
- Cameron Olsen
Cast. 86 mins More at IMDb TMDb. Chinese Roulette is a cruel movie. It is firmly stuck in Fassbinder's harsh, icy world and is a film of cold intellectualism. Set in a house of dishonesty, Chinese Roulette functions as a beautiful chamber piece. Yet it slowly reveals social anarchy and the everyday fascism of family life.
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- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Chinese Roulette is a cruel movie. It is firmly stuck in Fassbinder's harsh, icy world and is a film of cold intellectualism. Set in a house of dishonesty, Chinese Roulette functions as a beautiful chamber piece. Yet it slowly reveals social anarchy and the everyday fascism of family life. It's just one long buildup of simmering tension (sexual, dramatic, or otherwise), and we watch, waiting ...
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Audience Member Chinese Roulette is a film fraught with cruelty and downright evil, lurking beneath sinister grins and betrayed by disconcerting laughs, waiting to be inflicted on everyone ...
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- Margit Carstensen
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Drama
Feb 12, 2020 · Initially somewhat farcical before transitioning into a psychological thriller, Chinese Roulette is one of Fassbinder’s most stylish features; his camera frequently zooms and glides past his ensemble of tortured souls and his fascination with mirrors, doorways, and staircases is taken to its logical conclusion.
Chinese Roulette – 1976 Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Writer Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Cast Anna Karina Margit Carstensen Brigitte Mira . Review by Zetes. strange and amazing film, Like most Fassbinder films, it’s seemingly simple, but there’s a lot to it when you walk a bit closer.
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Chinese Roulette ★★½ 1986A host of unappealing characters convene at a country house for sexual shenanigans and a cruel game masterminded by a sadistic crippled girl. Cold effort from German master Fassbinder. In German with English subtitles. 82m/C VHS, DVD .
