So, this felt completely foreign: being taken into a writer/director's own personal world for the first time. Four gay men play some kind of musical chairs with their relationships, when one of them wins the lottery, things get complicated.
I've got to admit, I had no idea what was going on for most of this. I think I must have left the room at exactly the wrong moment, because I seemed to find out about the lottery win way later than I was supposed to. The characters are fascinating. They look at each other look food, ready to gobble them up. The characters who Fox meets are cold and distant, being nasty to him only seems to bring him closer. Fassbinder is effective in the main role, and the whole proceedings are engaging, even if like me you happened to miss the scene where the lottery win happens. Watch for it, though, its important.
I've got to admit, I had no idea what was going on for most of this. I think I must have left the room at exactly the wrong moment, because I seemed to find out about the lottery win way later than I was supposed to. The characters are fascinating. They look at each other look food, ready to gobble them up. The characters who Fox meets are cold and distant, being nasty to him only seems to bring him closer. Fassbinder is effective in the main role, and the whole proceedings are engaging, even if like me you happened to miss the scene where the lottery win happens. Watch for it, though, its important.