Fassbinder On Terror DVD

Politics and humour are essential ingredients to most of Fassbinder's brilliant films, but Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven and The Third Generation are two of the prodigious filmmaker's most satirical, politically-charged meditations on the nature of terrorism and political extremism. Candid, provocative and hilariously funny, Fassbinder on Terror is essential viewing, especially considering the paranoia of our post-911 world.
1. Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven - Banned from both the Berlin Film Festival and its fringe event, The Forum, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven is one of Fassbinder's most provocative films. Faced with redundancy, factory worker Mr. Küsters murders his boss before committing suicide, leaving his widow at the mercy of two immoral communists.
2. The Third Generation - Fassbinder's meditation on the link between post-war attitudes and the increase of terrorism in Germany is also one of his most humourous films. Shot in a typical Fassbinder time frame - in just six weeks - The Third Generation introduces us to the distinctly upper-class members of a fictional West German terrorist group. A largely undiscovered gem of a film.