The Marriage of Maria Braun |
[Die Ehe der Maria Braun]
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Maria Braun is one of the great, originial characters in cinema, perfectly embodied by Hanna Schygulla who conveys volumes both broadly and with great subtlety. Maria Braun is a good example of a character who owns her sexuality and her power. And she’s not just self-consciously manipulative, but also honest, sincere, and putting it to what at least she considers to be moral ends. There is a compelling female character. It’s also a good example of what I mean when I say I don’t really care what the director’s motivations are. Fassbinder seems to be labeled a misogynist all over the place, but that’s so not what I get out of his films. Some argue that because the film ended as it did, he’s saying Maria was not really liberated — could not have gone on any longer freely — and that she was a puppet of the men in her life all along after all. That’s not my interpretation. Women can fail gloriously, too! What an ending, though, in any case!
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