Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors by Ian Penman

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Melodrama, biography, cold war thriller, drug memoir,A�essay in fragments, mystery �?”A�Fassbinder ThousandsA�of MirrorsA�is cult critic Ian Penman�?Ts long awaitedA�first original book, a kaleidoscopic study of the lateA�West German filmmaker Rainer Werner FassbinderA�(1945�?”1982). Written quickly under a self-imposedA�deadline in the spirit of Fassbinder himself, who wouldA�often get films made in a matter of weeks or months,A�Fassbinder Thousands of MirrorsA�presents the filmmakerA�as a pivotal figure in the late 1970s moment betweenA�late modernism and the advent of postmodernism andA�the digital revolution. Compelling, beautifully writtenA�and genuinely moving, echoing the fragmentary andA�reflective works of writers like Barthes and Cioran, thisA�is a story that has everything: sex, drugs, art, the city,A�cinema and revolution.; 200 pages; 19/04/2023

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