Talk:Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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I removed the word gay from the biography because I find it relatively insignificant in such a short biography, especially in the first few sentences.
Also there is the question of whether or not Fassbinder was gay or not. He surely had relationships with men, both sexual and romantic. But he also had romantic relationships with women, including his last relationship. It would be perfectly appropriate to mention his sexuality in the context of a longer and more detailed biography of his life. But to simply label him a gay German director in the opening sentences of this short text is not neccesary.
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Need it be an either/or question?
- An openly gay man who made films with explicitly gay content -- certainly as significant a part of his biography as "German" and probably moreso. What motivates a person to actively remove a fact that at least some people find significant enough to include?--Kstern999 04:24, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
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The film "Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?" was not directed by Fassbinder, though it is oftern still credited to him. It was actually his assistant who directed the film. See, e.g., http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0309,sontag,42133,20.html
This page article should be updated to note that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.163.201.139 (talk • contribs) 03:45, September 19, 2005 (UTC)
That run-on sentence in para four needs to be restructured. Will take a whack at it when I have a moment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.33.97.172 (talk • contribs) 02:44, October 18, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Who's plagiarizing who?
A few sentences in in this article seem to be lifted, without attribution, straight from the first article that comes up when you google RWF... or vice versa. Somebody's plagiarized somebody else. I can't think of an easy way to figure out which was written first.
http://web.uvic.ca/geru/439/fassbinder.html
Michael Wells 05:22, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Interesting comment by Hanna Schygulla about "Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?" not having been directed by him. I hope that the same is true of "Die Niklashauser Fahrt" which was clearly improvised and, worse, not very good. Any evidence of this? Any others? I've wondered (since the 1970s): how could one man direct 10 films in one year, as well as write them, act in some of them, produce plays etc? Even a genius like RWF. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.168.10.145 (talk • contribs) 00:19, December 15, 2005 (UTC)
- Tons of cocaine, basically. Deleuze 07:23, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Drug overdose?
Just wondering if anybody knows which particular drug he overdosed on. The blanket term "drug overdose" is too vague. It usually means heroin, but does anyone actually know? I don't want to edit with a guess. - Lontano 11:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Good old Google. Found it. - Lontano 12:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
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