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Warnung vor einer Heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore) (1971)

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This film by wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder, his 10th, is one of the rare films about filmmaking which was said by the critics to have succeeded both technically and as drama. In it, a German film crew sits in their Italian hotel, waiting for the arrival of their director (Lou Castel), their star (Eddie Constantine) and more money. While they wait, argue, complain, and enter and leave romances, the delusions of a whole community of filmmakers are humorously unveiled. This film is said to be

Unrated, 1 hr. 57 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Written By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1971 Limited

On DVD: May 20, 2003

New Yorker Films

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Critic Reviews for Warnung vor einer Heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore)

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Beware of a Holy Whore is the work of a very young, very gifted film maker.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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[An] edgy, violent, impacted movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Beware of a Holy Whore is the film you would make if you spent the previous ten years on a steady diet of Godard and Warhol, with occasional afternoons cleared for Antonioni and every night reserved for hard drinking.

August 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks

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Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

Interesting, but static and overlong.

September 18, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Fassbinder stacks the cast around the limited space with the mastery of a chess player, creating a strong sense of ennui, sexual frustration and creative stagnation.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Whore of a film.

May 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

...the film is frustratingly funny, unmistakably self-indulgent, but with the assurance that what R.W. is indulging himself in is something he's good at doing.

February 21, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Greg Muskewitz

eFilmCritic.com

Beware of a Holy Whore is essentially Contempt by way of Andy Warhol's Factory.

August 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Whorendous.

July 22, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Mark Robison

Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Beware of a Holy Whore is Rainer Werner Fassbinder's -- the Seventies' enfant terrible of foreign filmmaking -- quintessential film.

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

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Beware of a holy whore is life imitating art and a very self-indulgent parody from Fassbinder. It reminded me of Jean-Luc Godard's Passion (A film I didn't particularly enjoy - although Passion came later). Worth watching for Eddie Constantine's trade-mark scowl but apart from that, a somewhat tiresome film from

April 18, 2011

Anthony Lawrie

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Fassbinder's (self-?)parody gets a bit monotonous after a while & feels forced & too obvious at times but overall the whole thing works somehow, Fassbinder & Castel are fun to watch

January 2, 2010