Love Is Colder Than Death

Original title: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod

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A small-time pimp is torn between his lover and Bruno the gangster.A small-time pimp is torn between his lover and Bruno the gangster.A small-time pimp is torn between his lover and Bruno the gangster.

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6.5/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

Trivia
The film's editor Franz Walsch is actually a pseudonym for director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Goofs
01:12. Bruno loads Johanna's unconscious client into the back seat of a car, and just as he is about to close the door, there is a glimpse of the man's hand moving quickly as if to prevent it from getting hurt.

Quotes
Franz Walsch: Some Turkish guy was shot. He had a few girls working the streets for him here. So his brother comes looking for revenge and some rat tells the guy I killed his brother.
Bruno: And?
Franz Walsch: As if I'd killed a Turk.

Crazy credits
Für Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, Jean-Marie Straub, Linio und Cuncho

Connections
Edited from Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter (1968)

Soundtracks
Der Rosenkavalier
By Richard Strauss

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Featured review

6/10

Stylish Nihilism

Robotic, detached, static...this exercise in style holds fascination for the patient cinema goer. The influence of early Godard is evident, along with a Warholian aesthetic of minimalism in both plot and action.

The black and white cinematography is beautiful to look at, while the blank stares of the cast exude a frigid, mannequin-like quality. The atmosphere is Teutonic and bleak, while the glacial pace and extended pauses in both action and dialogue bring to mind the Iranian school of slow cinema. Film noir elements add a flavour of low-rent glamour.

For serious cinema buffs and Fassbinder enthusiasts only.