This essay attempts to draw an innovative map of melodramatic sensitivity according to specific criteria of genre and form. It derives its inspiration from themes found in Fassbinder's cinematgraphy - such as the complex interplay of...
moreThis essay attempts to draw an innovative map of melodramatic sensitivity according to specific criteria of genre and form. It derives its inspiration from themes found in Fassbinder's cinematgraphy - such as the complex interplay of love, power and desire - and then proceeds on three different axes based on The bitter tears of Petra von Kant, A Streetcar Named Desire andVeronika Voss. Each section analyzes its subject in parallel with with some theatre revisions, combining thematic issues and semiotic patterns.
