If you read TakePart with regularity or even if you’ve just read my bio, you’re probably aware that one of my biggest influences is the German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.  A force to be reckoned with, Fassbinder made 41 feature films between 1969 and 1982 before he died at the young age of 36.

Today marks the 27th anniversary of Fassbinder’s death (it’s easy to remember since I was born the same year he died) and in his memory I thought I would post some videos of interviews and some clips from his impressive oeuvre.   His films range from low-budget avant-garde pieces based in the theater to extravagant and wonderful political films about his home country of Germany.

There is no one whose work has inspired me more.  And below you can see why. Honesty in Filmmaking

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My favorite scene from Ali : Fear Eats the Soul

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My favorite scene from Lola (they did this in ONE TAKE!!)

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One of Fassbinder’s early short films, A Little Chaos

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A strangely beautiful scene from his first feature, Love is Colder Than Death

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Fassbinder on the connection between his film Berlin Alexanderplatz and politics