But unlike Sirk, Fassbinder is too little remembered as an expert maker of images. Below, some key moments from Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Fox and His Friends, The Marriage of Maria Braun, In a Year of 13 Moons, and I Only Want You to Love Me where the mise en scène does as much talking as his doomed characters.

In a Year of 13 Moons

(A photo of a pre-Casablanca Elvira)

The Marriage of Maria Braun

(The cigarettes that an American soldier gives Maria Braun as apology, which she trades her mother for a brooch, which she in turn trades for a dress that allows her to work at a G.I.-only nightclub, where she meets Bill.)

Fox and His Friends

(The lucky children of the underground who get the last of Fox’s lottery winnings)

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

(Ali and Emmi celebrate their wedding by eating at the restaurant Hitler used to frequent before he became Chancellor.)

I Only Want You to Love Me

(A pre-Taxi Driver gun-mirror rehearsal)

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