This event is in the past.It took place on March 28, 2026 at BAMPFA Store.
Drama FilmDrama FilmFassbinder's 1975 TV melodrama follows Margot, a housewife sliding into addiction and unraveling in suburbia. The director's brutal lens and Sirk-inspired soap-opera style turn domestic despair into something truly unsettling.
Fassbinder film
1970s German cinema
suburban despair
Douglas Sirk homage
Tips
🎬"Fassbinder is too cruel to allow that" (East Bay Express)
🍿part of BAMPFA's New German Cinema series
Fear of Fear
Downtown Berkeley
Drama FilmDrama FilmFassbinder's 1975 TV melodrama follows Margot, a housewife sliding into addiction and unraveling in suburbia. The director's brutal lens and Sirk-inspired soap-opera style turn domestic despair into something truly unsettling.
Fassbinder film
1970s German cinema
suburban despair
Douglas Sirk homage
Tips
🎬"Fassbinder is too cruel to allow that" (East Bay Express)
🍿part of BAMPFA's New German Cinema series
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