1975

Berlin

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Drama

What’s it all about: Peter Chatel discovers it’s luckier for someone you know to win the lottery than to win it yourself. Rainer Werner Fassbinder is the ironically named Fox, who starts with nothing, not even a body, and still somehow manages to lose everything.

First Encounter: first viewing

Prostitute Index: high

Death By: valium

Relics: crossdressers, travel agents, book binding as a viable business

Hoops: gays into antiques; getting Melrose-Place drunk and driving away the last people who care about you 

Heartthrob: Harry Baer

Pass/Fails the Test of Time: sex tourism in Marrakech

LoFi Magic: mud bath; torch song 

Makes me want to: find a good dive bar in Berlin

Candotti Take: “After everything comes nothing.” 

Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes 

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