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Fox and His Friends

Country: Germany, Language: German, 123 mins

Original Title

Faustrecht der Freiheit

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Christian Hohoff
Producer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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After watching this you may get an inkling as to why Fassbinder eventually killed himself.

An utterly scathing look at those with money.

There is a wry humour running throughout the exploitation...but, after a very short time, you just want to scream at the screen for Fox to open his love-blinded eyes - to elicit a reaction like that is a hefty achievement.

The film is a hard slog...with no respite whatsoever.

It is - possibly - one of Fassbinder's finest moments.

As for Russo's comment: Bollocks...it is about homosexuality.

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The(ir) Blurb...

Working class and middle-upper class worlds come together in this interesting look at class conflict within the gay world from the German director Reiner Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder plays Fox, he is working class, a former circus performer who wins the lottery of DM 500,000. His life starts to look up and doesn't have to struggle financially. Fox can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He begins a new relationship with Eugen, creates a business partnership, and his life is looking bright. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.

Cast & Characters

Peter Chatel as Eugen Thiess;
Rainer Werner Fassbinder as 'Fox';
Karlheinz Böhm as Max;
Adrian Hoven as Wolf Thiess;
Christiane Maybach as Hedwig;
Harry Baer as Philip;
Hans Zander as Barman Springer;
Kurt Raab as Wodka-Peter;
Rudolf Lenz as Attorney;
Karl Scheydt as Klaus;
Peter Kern as Florist;
Karl-Heinz Staudenmeyer as Krapp;
Walter Sedlmayr as Car dealer;
Bruce Low as Doctor;
Marquard Bohm as American Soldier

IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072976

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