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Rainer W. Fassbinder
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The more real things get, the more like myths they become.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#Myths
The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#Being
#Homosexuality
I'd like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#Nothing
#Shakespeare
#Politics
#Theatre
#Cinema
Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#Work
And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#Feelings
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#People
#Evil
#Myths
It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#Suffering
The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film.
Rainer W. Fassbinder,
#Film
#Hollywood
#Criticism
#Dream