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THE FASSBINDER COLLECTION (15) Various min l/‘r",.‘.'l l/ 7"“?1’
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liassbrnder. rnon arnour. lt's lrttle wor rder' that conternporan, trlrnnlalxers as rll\.erse and grfted as Francels Q'on. Gus \an Sant and Todd Hawtes strll all hov.’ dova to the s‘nrrne of Rarner Werner Fassbrnder. the greatest of all post war German t'llrnrnakers. Benn/een 1969 and 1982 Fassbrnder produced a body of work that rncluded brrllrant thrrllers. melodramas.
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flaw {at}; the 739.1! s hrs 1’: Vi situate (1”?) Illllllf, .'(;-.'"(‘:"r‘. .0" Dr ruglas Sox's 21. ’ Via: Heme" z7lr,(7.'.':;. at;:>t.f an older ‘.'.ornar‘.'s lt:l£ll1')ll‘3lllt)‘.'.’llll£l .ounger war‘. Thrs llrttersweet tale (1‘ lilflliulll (ll‘tl 'l‘l,’[)O(Llrf3‘, has lost lrtt e of lts power to astound. Also released rs Fassbrnder's earlrer 19/2 rnlserahlrst rnasterprer:e The Merchant of Four F‘easons, a strrngent study of depressron set around the llfe of a frult seller. l assbrnder's most successful frlrn and possrblg. accesslble fllrn [he r’v/ar'rrage of r'learra Braun and The Brtter fears of Petra Von Karrf round of thrs frr‘st clutch of frlrns. All these DVDs contarn fantastrc extras whrch Include old and new rr‘rtewrews \‘JIIlt Fe ssbrnder and h.s alurnnr. hrs early short frlms and much more. These releases mark the start of a \‘JODCKEFlUl redrscoven; of a major European frlmmakrng talent. rPaul Dalel
DRAMA WATERLAND (15) 89min 0.. ertrmurn Releasrng DVD retarll
Thrs sensrtrx'eh, handled adaptatron of Graham Sun'rft's noxel stars Jerem; Irons as a charrsmatrc but unorthodox hrgh sche :3 hrston. teacher, He's grxen te tell.ng hrs students tales from hrs man past as readrh, as from broader hrstoe.. and uses hrs class as a mat. of deallng wrth hrs oxzn traumatlc teenage years as the frlm flashes back to hrs ehrldhood rn
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Long unax'arlable on any fermat. the DVD release of Hrroshr Teshlgahara's br/arre. absurdrst. perverted love stop. needs to he afforded
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mg. sterrous x'xoman t.-.rhose house at the bottom of a deserted sand hotel. he frnds hrmself stranded. l’l/ornan of the Sands ls about as wewd and eerre as 60s Japanese crnema got. Adapted bi. regular Teshrgahara eollabomtor and feted ‘.'.rrrter rn hrs exz‘n rrght Kobe Abe from hrs own noxel and scored '.‘.'rth chrllrng mrnrrnalrsm b‘, axant garde composer Toru TakOlDlISU. thrs looks. feels and sounds lrke rt was made b, mad mute duaranes under the rnfluence of Tamazapan. It's gulte a top. No extras. rPaul Dalel
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BRITISH BLACK INVASION Channel 4, Sat 5 Aug. 7.25pm .000
There are man:V delrcrous rronres durrng thrs tu'rohour rornp through the hrstory of black Brrtons. One rs the footage of Enoch Pox'rell ‘.'.'elcornrng the frrst ‘.'.'a\. e of post-un'ar rrnrnrgrants to plug the gaps rn the :‘sorkforce. Another rs the sad tale of Ron Atkrnson who .'.ent from berng a radrcal advocate of black footballers rn hrs Vl.’est Brom srde of the mrd-Ttls to the blunderrng pundrt sacked for a splenetrr: bout of racral abuse when he belre:ed hrs mrcrophone ‘.'.'as Su'atched off.
But aboue all. thrs rs the compellrng and ‘.'.'lttl|:, told stop. of a countrj. .'.'lthll has changed dramatrcall, o~.er the last centur, and abreh has dealt $.1th traumas such as polrce harassment of ,eung black men. the 1981 rnner crt, uprrsrngs and T T. Ultrmatel,. the dr.ersrfrcatron of Brrtrsh sooet, rs a cause fer order and celebraton
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KATH 8- KIM BBC2, Mon 7 Aug. 10pm O.
The brtrthes are back. Or more accuratel.. the '.'.‘lllll|llt) Aussre rrlurn and daughter parrrng ha'.e returned to our screens wrth more Iarne rrbaldr‘j. and cartk handed characterrsatrorl. Kath 8 Km so desperatel, wants to be the antrpodean Car!) Year Enthus/asrrr but rs ultrmatel, about as subtle as Let the Blood Run Free. the ludrcrous Melbourne hosprta! 'corned,’ '.‘.lhrch haunted Brrtrsh rnsornnraas rn the earl, 90s.
In thrs laughefree opener to the nex. ser'res. Krrn rs tr,rr‘rg to get back .'.rth her bloke b. slumprng drunk on hrs doorste ) and turnrng on the charm prt, self» loathrng lrncludrng berng nrce to hrs R()tt‘.'.'eller‘ CllJDl .'.'hrle Kath rs strugglrng to get aroused b, her hunk o'spunk. the laeguered Kel. Not exert a slo
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