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bradluen [ 7.5 ]
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This benefits greatly from Fassbinder not writing the screenplay, so most of the time it's humourous-funny rather than ironic-funny (not that it's ever unironic). Maria Braun must learn how to deal with separation from her husband, but every time she does, the nature of the separation changes. It's often extremely witty, such as when Maria has a fling with a black G.I., leading to what's almost a parody of Fassbinder's Sirk fascination. Only in the last third does it all descend into underwhelming national metaphor.
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jeff_v [ 6.5 ]
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I appreciated this movie more for its mise-en-scene (which, given Fassbinder's idiosyncratic style, often begs to be beheld) than its allegorical content. The arrangement of the actors in the screen-space, so conspicuously unnatural, has a comedic and distancing effect. It's hard to know what to take seriously --the ending, for example: devastating or a cheap gag?
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| Weighted Rating | : 6.7 |
| No. Ratings | : 5 | |
| No. Reviews | : 2 | |
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