Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
West Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Drama
What’s it all about: Happiness (and concealer) are in short supply when a lonely German cleaning woman meets a lonely Moroccan mechanic at a lonely cocktail bar.
First Encounter: first viewing
Prostitute Index: low (name-calling only)
Death By: cold hard stare
Relics: polyester, tube television
Heartthrob: El Hedi ben Salem
LoFi Magic: idle actors, sweeping camera moves
Makes me want to: listen to that song about Hansel and Gretel on Laurie Anderson’s “Strange Angels”
Candotti take: “Gossipy. I thought only Latins like gossip, not Germans.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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