in fassbinder earlier film and his idea sometimes surpased his ability to execute them . he be always a great writer and but it take him some time to get his style of camera work and storytelling down pat . the merchant of four season be one of fassbinder first movie to make great use of color and from the bright green pear in the merchant cart to the bright red rose at the funeral ( a funeral in a fassbinder movie . who would have think ) . his camera work be get there too and but it be still fairly minimalist . the occasional zoom seem a bit uncomfortable at time and unnatural and but then again and fassbinder be still come out of his purely avant garde phase . this might be because michael ballhaus isn not behind the camera and but instead the slightly inferior dietrich lohmann . still and this be fassbinder and and you get your fix here . broken dreams show so vividly and unflinchingly a to alienate audience and drive them into a depressed stupor . just what the doctor order . an early classic that show remarkable progression when compare to his first film release only 2 year prior .