Fassbinder?

[ViciousChickenOfBristol]

On Pro's & Cons, Rog says something about a Fassbinder face, I've searched a lot around the internet and haven't found anything mentioning Fassbinder, and I was wondering if someone could clarify it for me.

[mad yannis]

Werner Fassbinder was a director.

"Rainer Werner Fassbinder was born on May 31, 1946 in the Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen. His father was a doctor and his mother, Liselotte, a translator. She starred in a number of Fassbinder's films, using her maiden name Pempeit. Fassbinder attended the Rudolf Steiner Schools in Augsburg and Munich. He didn't finish school, but worked in various jobs. After studying drama at the Fridl-Leonhard Studio in Munich, he joined the 'Action Theater' in 1967.
His first play, Katzelmacher, premiered in April 1968. In 1969, Fassbinder made his first feature-length film, Love is Colder than Death. It was booed at the Berlin Film Festival. Fassbinder's breakthrough came with his next film, Katzelmacher (1969). It played at the Mannheim Film Festival, where it won the Film Critics' Prize, the Prize of the German Academy for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, and eventually, five prizes in all. His commercial breakthrough was The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971), his international breakthrough Ali-Fear Eats the Soul (1974) (International Critics Prize at Cannes). In 1971, he was a founding member of the "Filmverlag der Autoren". His biggest success, which brought him the popular acceptance he sought, came with The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978), part 1 of his FRG-Trilogy. The TV-series Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and Effie Briest (1974) are two of his best-known adaptations. His last film, Querelle, was shot in 1982.
Fassbinder made 41 movies in 14 years, and also worked as an actor, producer, theatre manager, composer, designer, editor, and cameraman. He died in 1982 of an overdose. His death is often considered the end of New German Cinema."


From http://web.uvic.ca/geru/439/fassbinder_bio.html

[Bride of a Bull]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was born on May 31, 1946 in the Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen. His father was a doctor and his mother, Liselotte, a translator. She starred in a number of Fassbinder's films, using her maiden name Pempeit. Fassbinder attended the Rudolf Steiner Schools in Augsburg and Munich. He didn't finish school, but worked in various jobs. After studying drama at the Fridl-Leonhard Studio in Munich, he joined the 'Action Theater' in 1967.

His first play, Katzelmacher, premiered in April 1968. In 1969, Fassbinder made his first feature-length film, Love is Colder than Death. It was booed at the Berlin Film Festival. Fassbinder's breakthrough came with his next film, Katzelmacher (1969). It played at the Mannheim Film Festival, where it won the Film Critics' Prize, the Prize of the German Academy for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, and eventually, five prizes in all. His commercial breakthrough was The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971), his international breakthrough Ali-Fear Eats the Soul (1974) (International Critics Prize at Cannes). In 1971, he was a founding member of the "Filmverlag der Autoren". His biggest success, which brought him the popular acceptance he sought, came with The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978), part 1 of his FRG-Trilogy. The TV-series Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and Effie Briest (1974) are two of his best-known adaptations. His last film, Querelle, was shot in 1982.

Fassbinder made 41 movies in 14 years, and also worked as an actor, producer, theatre manager, composer, designer, editor, and cameraman. He died in 1982 of an overdose. His death is often considered the end of New German Cinema.

Fassbinder Link

[Bride of a Bull]

You're too fast for me, mad yannis. Yet more evidence why you'd make a better moderator.

[Shane G.]

From the indespinsable Echoes FAQ:

Who or What was Fassbinder ?
Fixed on the front of her Fassbinder face
Was the kind of a smile
That only a rather dull child could have drawn
While attempting a graveyard in the moonlight
Fassbinder is a German playwright and filmmaker. He's been called ``artsy,'' ``grim,'' and ``simplified.'' The line could refer to the kind of leading lady that he'd use in a movie, or perhaps it means ``grim'' or ``mournful.''

[mad yannis]

Originally posted by Bride of a Bull
You're too fast for me, mad yannis. Yet more evidence why you'd make a better moderator.

Not true, anyway.

[ViciousChickenOfBristol]

I thank mad yannis and byron, but shane was the only one who could clarify the actual lyrics in the song. But it was a wonderful effort on the part of you two, and I thank you all.
Whee!

[Shane G.]

[ViciousChickenOfBristol]

I have another question about the same song
what would a smile look like if drawn by a small child attempting a graveyard at moonlight?

[mad yannis]

This way -->

[ViciousChickenOfBristol]

Ah, ok, I thought so but I had to check first
thanks

[fixxlevy]

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[Driven]

Originally posted by ViciousChickenOfBristol
I have another question about the same song
what would a smile look like if drawn by a small child attempting a graveyard at moonlight?

I took it too mean her teeth were crooked

[ViciousChickenOfBristol]

well, I know when I was a kid I drew teeth like this
except probably not quite as well drawn
of course I never attempted a graveyard at moonlight...

[b.r.a.m]

Excuse me for being ignorant or just not good enough in English, (Im Dutch), but what is someone actually doing when he/she is "attempting a graveyard"?

I cant find a logical solution looking in the dictionary at the verb " to attempt"....