Love is Colder Than Death (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod)
Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1969
*****
Fassbinder was a fascinating character. I really admire his 'Grab a camera and lets go shoot a movie' attitude. I feel it has been mistaken by a few as pure amateurish film-making but I think that is completely unfair. Love is colder than Death is one of his first but it shows the beginnings of genius. Dedicated to Rohmer and Chabrol and very obviously influenced by the pair, it does have its own charm and plenty of cool to boot. It's actually more like a Jean-Luc Godard production but I would argue that it is just as good as any of his work, better even then some of his films made around that time.