Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Beware of A Holy Whore – It’s a real whore to make a movie
by Parker Mott on Jul.02, 2011, under Comedy, Great Directors, Movie Reviews, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
3.5 Stars out of 4
(103 minutes)
Holy whores behind the scenes in Beware of A Holy Whore (1971).
You wouldn’t think by its title but “Beware of A Holy Whore” is a movie about making movies. I’m sorry, say that title again? “Beware of A Holy Whore”. Gotcha. But what is “holy” and who is the “whore”? Well, the film is directed by German avant-garde, melodramatist filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder who is known for other films entitled “Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven” and “In a Year with 13 Moons” so he has a record. But “holy” could be the divine, spiritual-inspiring art of film and the “whore” could be the miscreants working on the project. Or the “whore” is film, that dreadful and tedious way of making money, and “holy” are the people, the martyrs behind the camera. Who knows. (continue reading…)
