And so my complete unfamiliarity with the works of iconic West German writer/director Rainer Werner Fassbinder ended this past week with my first-time viewing of
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, a feature film that became the de facto answer whenever I inquired to my friends about which of Fassbinder's movies I should watch first. Having now watched it, it's no surprise this was seen by so many in such high regard to the point that it was widely felt that this absolutely had to be my entry point into Fassbinder's work as a filmmaker!
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is an excellent romantic drama that provides a captivating humanizing portrait of two romantically entangled outsiders in West Germany.
