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1977 · drama · tv · feminist

Women in New York

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder1h 51m1977
ElsewhereIMDb6.9216TMDB6.04
  • sombre
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Sombre, steady, measured drama / tv, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In 1930s New York, a group of bored wealthy women convene in social situations and converse about their husbands and/or lovers.

Our read · Women in New York (1977) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · tv · feminist entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want acid Fassbinder salon talk about wealthy women, lovers, and masks.

ends bittersweetit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 14attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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