On The Beach At Night Alone

[Machine Translation] The unorthodox Fassbinder portrays women struggling in the loneliness and despair of love. The film is a masterpiece among masterpieces, crystallizing the impossibility of love into a profound drama! A masterpiece among masterpieces that crystallizes the impossibility of love as a profound drama! --Petra, a brilliant fashion designer. Petra, a brilliant fashion designer, is the reigning mistress when a beautiful young woman, Carlin, appears before her. Petra is lost in love with Carlin, but is eventually used and then discarded... Fassbinder breaks new ground in melodrama, departing from his previous collective creations by amateur actors, and adapts his own play into a film, creating a dense love drama. The film's scenes take place in the apartment of Petra, the protagonist, from beginning to end. The film's experimental direction, including its theatrical space and cinematic composition, color effects with various costumes and paintings, and impressive music, made it the most accomplished film of the prolific director Fassbinder's career (many fans have chosen this film as their No. 1 film). The story is said to reflect Fassbinder's own personal relationships, and it is also his first depiction of homosexuality. The cruelty of love between the dominant and the dominated, in a time from which there is no escape, pierces the viewer's soul. Commentary leaflet (written by Tetsuya Shibuya) and postcards are enclosed.

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異能の人ファスビンダーが、愛の孤独と絶望の中で葛藤する女性たちを描く。巧緻な作劇と計算されたキャメラワーク。愛の不可能を重厚なドラマとして結晶させた傑作中の傑作! ――華麗なるファッションデザイナー、ペトラ。女主人として君臨する彼女の前に若く美しい女カーリンが現れる。ペトラはカーリンとの愛に耽溺するが、やがて利用された挙句、捨てられるのだった・・・。ファスビンダーがこれまでの素人俳優による集団創作から離れ、メロドラマへの新境地を開き、自身で書き上げた戯曲を映画化、濃密なる愛のドラマを生み出した。映画のシーンは終始、主人公ペトラのアパルトマンの一室で展開される。その演劇的空間と映画的構図、多彩な衣装や絵画による色彩効果、印象的な音楽の挿入など、実験的な演出が取り入れられ、多作なファスビンダー監督の中でも最も完成度の高い作品となった (本作をNo.1に選ぶファンも多い)。物語にはファスビンダー監督自身の人間関係が反映されていると言われ、また初めて彼が同性愛を描いたものでもある。逃げ場のない時間の中で、支配されるものと支配するものとの愛の残酷が見るものの魂に突き刺さる。解説リーフレット (執筆: 渋谷哲也)、ポストカード封入。