Criterion Reflections – Episode 16 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s GODS OF THE PLAGUE

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this second season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1970 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Jason Beamish and Josh Hornbeck to discuss Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Gods of the Plague, starring  Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer and Gunther Kaufmann.

Episode Links:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

• Criterion
• Fassbinder Foundation
• Film Directors Site
• Rotten Tomatoes
• TSPDT

Reviews

• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
• The Eclipse Viewer: Early Fassbinder [Part 2]
• Jim’s Reviews
• New York Times (1977)
• FilmGrab (stills slideshow)
• Slant
• Swimming to Casablanca
• The Same Cinema Every Night
• Three Movie Buffs
• Vague Visages

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• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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