the last one, because it’s better to die laughing, was fassbinder’s SATAN’S BREW [1976]. “satansbraten”. what’s braten. a roast? anyway
very fucking funny movie, a raucous satire of literature, and art, and artistic snobbery, of manipulative poets, of fassbinder himself?, of artistic fandom, of money, of ridiculous aesthetic enterprises, of sadomasochism, of abuse, of vampire myths, of the will to power, of fascism of course—the phrase “fascism will triumph” embedded in this movie scribbled by the poet (as it was in lola where esslin types it on his boss’ typewriter.) it has hilarious banter, it has physical comedy like the 3 stooges, and it’s basically just a filmed play, but so good, ha ha ha. absurd, cruel, poignant, absurd again.
