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Whity (1971)

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In his 36-year life, director Rainer Werner Fassbinder made some 40 films. He is perhaps best known to American audiences for his 1978 period drama, The Marriage of Maria Braun. A theme he examined repeatedly in his films was the unreasonable meanness of people, which he shows in a stark, relentless fashion. This early film, Whity, is set in the American Old West, with overtones of the antebellum South. The main character, Whity (G�nther Kaufmann), is a black servant who is sorely abused at

Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.

Western, Drama, Art House & International

Directed By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Written By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

In Theaters: Jun 2, 1971 Wide

On DVD: Apr 25, 2000

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Fassbinder's provocative 1970 meditation on race and class.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

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Fassbinder's lone western.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Though the genre-blasting Whity sees Fassbinder toying with classic western conventions and trying to subvert distinctly American forms of racism, the moral catastrophes the director exposes are nonetheless played for a world-weary pathos and unive

September 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Whity is a great film, and deserves to be counted among Fassbinder's best.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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This Movie is the perfect Perfomance of a Southern Patriarchs House they wealthy but disastrous the Patriarch is a mean Facsist who don't give a Fuck about anybody else his Wife is depressed and abject one Son is Gay and bored one his retarded and the Third Son is his Slave which Monster hold his own Son as a Slave

July 28, 2009