Few filmmakers have enjoyed a decade quite so diverse or quite so prolific as Rainer Werner Fassbinder did during the seventies. Amid the likes of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Fear Eats the Soul, it's easy to forget some of the lesser-known and more singular works, two of which are presented here. Fox and His Friends is among the director's most personal works and the first to tackle homosexuality in a direct manner. Fassbinder himself plays Fox, a sweet working class soul whose relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen, he discovers, is based almost... wholly on his unexpected lottery win. When his money runs out, so does any affection, with tragic consequences. Chinese Roulette, set in an isolated house during a weekend break, is like Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None without the murders a tense psychodrama in which infidelities are revealed and families breakdown. At its centre is nouvelle vague icon Anna Karina, a rare outsider alongside the familiar Fassbinder faces. [show more]
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Double bill of features from film-maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 'Fox and His Friends' (1975) follows the story of a young, homosexual man, who falls in love with a wealthy industrialist's son after an unexpected lottery win. His new-found fortune initially leads to happiness, but as his winnings begin to dwindle he realises that the affections of his new partner are solely based on his wealth. In 'Chinese Roulette' (1976) a married couple set off on separate business trips, only to both turn up at the family's country retreat with their secret lovers. Things become even more complicated when their disabled daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game at dinner in which infidelities are revealed and relationships dramatically breakdown.
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