Każdy zabija kiedyś to, co kocha. Trudne miłości Rainera Wernera Fassbindera
Everyone eventually kills what he loves. The difficult love affairs of Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Summary/Abstract: All of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s films are about love with no a happy end. Love is hell, since all inter-human relations are based on the mechanics of violence, much like the oppressive effects of authority. Herbut analyses Fassbinder’s last films, because, in her opinion, they “bring us the closest to the essence of his work” – the obsessive circling around the causes of love’s oppression, the relationship between the executioner and the victim, and themes of toxic loneliness. Although Fassbinder’s films are autobiographical, it is difficult to distinguish the director’s experiences from the products of his imagination. The most personal production is Querelle, which, according to Herbut, “can be seen as a biographical study.”

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