Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Romance • NR • 1974 • 1 hr 33 min
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A masterpiece of directing! Beautiful film with so many intricacies in shot design and editing
Melodramatic but full of heart, with a premise I would never have imagined in a million years. The framing is also beautiful throughout.
Not sure if love is real or if love is fake after this. Two greatly different characters, foiled together as unlikely romantic partners.
The themes of human connections are well executed but the neighbors are soo cartoonishly evil that it takes it out that. But still great.
A surprising movie about human connection, love in unexpected places and the damages of racism
Filmed in 14 days, this is a timefully political drama as well as a timelessly touching romance. Salem, who plays Ali, is greatly deadpan.
I’m still getting to know Fassbinder as a director but golly do I always love what I see. The characters are complex yet approachable. 9/10
A beautiful and touching film, that explores a more uncanny relationship while still being a bit relatable, one of the great German films.
the ending is what frustrates me, but is also what makes fassbinder great
Great subject matter, it gets pretty repetitive but it’s a very moving story
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