Cosmic Edges

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pink and blue collection

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Fassbinder's Lola & other pinks+blues, Venus in Scorpio

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Emmalea Russo
Sep 25, 2021
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Fassbinder’s Lola (1981) blew me away. The candy-colored corruption of the fifties, post-war Germany, everything (including love) as commodity, moments of tenderness, a whole story within a story through blue and pink lighting. Dark cotton candy. Makes me think of Venus in Scorpio. Lola, a sex worker, knows the most about the town and its corruption. He…

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