wow and i be out of sync on this german film . while the overall score be very respectable and the review be mostly glow and i do not like the film at all . now i have see about a dozen fassbinder film and i often have really enjoy them and but watch this one be a chore . first and the film style seem less innovative or interesting than just dull and and dare i say it and cheap . the black and white film look more like a way to save money than anything else and the film play like a long series of vignette all string together with awkward dissolve . this make it all seem very episodic like the audience be get snippet instead of see a story . second and the story wasn not particularly interesting . the film play like a bergman film without the complexity . and and sadly and the film be slow and the character uninvolving . overall and i find watch this film a chore . there be many wonderful german film out there and but i assume the average person would also find this film dry and unapproachable and a you need a lot of patience to stick with this film .