Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

With this episode we end September’s theme of EUROPEAN VACATION and we’ve hit up plenty of classic Euro bangers. The A and S-Tier lists are swelling. This is a good thing and today’s discussion is no different as we make our final stop in Germany to discuss our third Fassbinder movie for the show. One last fling before Halloween time and we got one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s most infamous. His 1974 film “ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL”. It’s strangely sweet story of human connection and the intense social layers that push us apart. Brigitte Mira plays Emmi, an elderly widow and cleaning lady who wanders into a bar lured in by some music she’s never heard before. She meets Ali, as played by El Hedi ben Salem, who has no problem asking this woman for a dance after his friends tease him to do so. They hit it off quite well and before you know it she’s the big gossip topic of her building, her cleaning lady buddies have abandoned her and her son is kicking her TV in. Ali is used to being treated like a dog. Can Emmi handle the heat?  Can love win or do these things truly ever last? Just make the man some couscous. Couscous is so good. You can jazz it up and put stuff in it like rice. Anyway. Hitler. Have you heard of him? Halloween Humpest Year 2 begins next week. Here’s a link to today’s movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRM0vjTc5L8&list=PLrrKbHPKjy_Olj0GIYylwA1s9Vm5gerE3&index=4

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