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New German Cinema icon Rainer Werner Fassbinder (World on a Wire) kicked off a new phase of his young career when he made the startling The Merchant of Four Seasons. In this despairing yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Fassbinder had skyrocketed to renown on the acclaim of a series of trenchant, quickly made early films, but for this one he took more time and forged a new style - featuring a more complexly woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by the work of his recently discovered idol, Douglas Sirk. The result is a meticulously made, unforgiving social satire.
Blu-ray Special Edition Features:
- New 4K digital restoration
- Audio commentary featuring filmmaker Wim Wenders
- New interviews with actors Irm Hermann and Hans Hirschmüller
- New interview with film scholar Eric Rentschler
- New English subtitle translation
- Plus: An essay by film scholar Thomas Elsaesser
Hans Epp est un personnage très sociable qui tente d`obtenir le respect de chacun. Malheureusement, son existence est parsemée de nombreux revers, notamment sentimentaux. Il tombe en dépression...
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