Berlin Alexanderplatz

“Including Berlin Alexanderplatz, which is the TV show that Fassbinder did. Oh, wow. Look, it just appeared in my hand. And look how gorgeous that cover is. I remember my mom and I watching the whole series together.”

“Speaking of Fassbinder why don't you take Berlin Alexanderplatz let's do it stance I'm all-in...”

“I see that there's Berlin Alexanderplatz that is when I met Fassbinder for the first time and yeah he had this thing that he did only ever one take... We did the scene without him... Then the scene was done and he asked us so how was it and we said yeah and he said you want to have another take and we were what another take we never have the chance to do another take so we said yeah of course we did another take... It was a way of working that I loved.”

“Berlin Alexanderplatz. This is 15 hours long. But you want to be a movie person, don’t you? That’s why you’re watching the Criterion Closet video. So I suggest, if you want to be a movie person, you turn off the streaming and you put this on and put on some pants and sit down on the couch and take your dissonance like a man.”

“The one and only Fassbinder. Berlin Alexanderplatz. Fassbinder is someone that had no affiliation. He did not respond to anything or to anyone. He only wanted to make the movie that he wanted. This movie is from 1980. It’s just like a master class on a city, on a relationship with a square. And the characters, and the way that the movie is shot, really just blew my mind. There’s nothing like this. And this edition is just wonderful and beautiful. Look at this.”