Title:
The bitter tears of Petra von Kant = Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
Author:
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, film director, screenwriter.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bonus disc.
Summary:
One of the earliest and best-loved films of this period in his career, which balances a realistic depiction of tormented romance with staging that remains true to the director's roots in experimental theater. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue, based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer-director's own desperate obsession with a young actor.
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.
Special features: Disc 2: Outsiders (documentary features actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna Schygulla discussing the production of the film and their experiences working with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder); Michael Ballhaus (new interview with cinematographer Michael Ballhaus); Jan Shattuc (new interview with Jane Shattuc, professor of visual and media arts at Emerson College and author of Television, Tabloids, and Tears: Fassbinder and Popular Culture); Role play: women on Fassbinder (1992 German television documentary by Thomas Honickel featuring interviews with actors Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, and Rosel Zech); New English subtitle translation.
Language:
German
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. bonus features.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Subject Term:
Added Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9781604659405
UPC:
715515135610
Format :
DVD
