I always found this movie the best Fassbinder ever did. Mr. R. is working in an engineer office, a job that isn't bad, but - as we see later - he is more a musician (his son is called Amadeus). R. wants to have a life that is organized, with things you have to do and things you like to do. In some scenes he gets in conflict with the flower power generation to whom nothing is duty but all is okay. R. does not understand it.
R's wife and her girlfriend are talking about clothes and he wants to see a feature about Muhammad Ali in television, but he does not dare to turn on the sound (this is against his rules) whereas the women don't have problems to disturb him with their conversation. He then killed them both and also his son.
The movie is difficult to watch. Some camera angles go about several minutes without any change. Is boredom the right way to explain boredom in life? I think you can only do a movie like this one time in your life.
R's wife and her girlfriend are talking about clothes and he wants to see a feature about Muhammad Ali in television, but he does not dare to turn on the sound (this is against his rules) whereas the women don't have problems to disturb him with their conversation. He then killed them both and also his son.
The movie is difficult to watch. Some camera angles go about several minutes without any change. Is boredom the right way to explain boredom in life? I think you can only do a movie like this one time in your life.