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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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pros: Interesting characters and issues involved.
cons: Melodramatic and punishing.
Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
If only it were humanly possible to add more hours to the day. Then I&#146d be able to do all the t... See Full Review
Stephen_Murray
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pros: Affecting performances, fluid camerawork, sociological verisimilitude
cons: It's still a soap opera
Poignant portrayal of inter-racial love among German workers
This is one of the very best of the German new wave of the 1970s, and perhaps the least bleak Fassbi... See Full Review
Product Details
| Key Information | |
| Genre | Foreign Films |
| Directors | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Actors | Irm Hermann |
| Stars | El Hedi Ben Salem |
| UPC | 717119167035 |
| Running Time | 1hr 34min |
| Available Formats | DVD: Criterion Collection |
| MPAA Rating | Not Rated |
| Subgenre | Tear Jerker |
| Release Date | 1974 |
| Languages | |
| Original Language | German |
| DVD Editions | |
| DVD Editions | <Edition><item name="format">DVD: Criterion Collection</item><item name="runtime">1hr 33min</item><item name="company">Criterion Collection</item><item name="date">June 24, 2003</item><item name="rating">Not Rated</item><item name="upc">715515014120</item></Edition> |
| VHS Editions | |
| VHS Editions | <Edition><item name="format">VHS</item><item name="runtime">1hr 34min</item><item name="company">New Yorker Video</item><item name="date">September 02, 1997</item><item name="rating">Not Rated</item><item name="upc">717119167035</item></Edition> |
| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | (04/27/1997, p.5, Roger Ebert): "...The film is powerful but very simple....In ALI, there is a startling tenderness..." |
