Women in New York
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Women in New York |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| script | Clare Boothe Luce : "The Women", translation: Nora Gray |
| production | Northern German Radio |
| music | Peer ravens |
| camera | Michael Ballhaus |
| cut | Wolfgang Skerhutt |
| occupation | |
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Women in New York is a play that premiered in September 1976 at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg as a contribution to the bicentenary of the USA. It is the German version, translated by Nora Gray, of the English-language Broadway play "The Women" by the writer and later Republican politician Clare Booth , written in 1936, published and premiered in the same year . This, sometimes referred to as a comedy, sometimes as a socially critical satire , was performed a total of 666 times on Broadway in the 1936/37 theater season and filmed under the same title in 1939 by George Cukor . Rainer Werner Fassbinder took over the direction of the theater after Ulrich Heising was canceled shortly after rehearsals began due to illness and suspected concerns about serious and precise performance. Because of the great success with the audience and criticism, it was recorded on television by the NDR in 1977 . The play, at the same time Fassbinder's last work for the theater, unites 42 roles for 18 actresses.
The set was designed by Rolf Glittenberg , the costumes by Frida Parmeggiani .
action
New York in the 1930s : a group of wealthy women meet in beauty salons, fashion salons, at the hairdresser's, at parties and other social occasions. The conversations they have are about beauty and health and their husbands, either how to get it or how to take it away from others. They do not have a job themselves, are dependent on their husbands' money, which is due to the fact that none of the men appear in the play. Intrigues are spun, the focus is on the marriage of Mary Haines, her husband has a relationship with the much younger Crystal Allen, but Mary does not give up, she fights for him, even against the advice of her mother and her friends.
Reviews
- Die Zeit , September 24, 1976 (Benjamin Henrichs): It's all just theater. Stage Löscher, Fassbinder and Krejca.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 23, 1977 ( Thomas Thieringer ): Hollow monsters.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 23, 1977 (Clara Menck): Glittering and bittersweet.
- Frankfurter Rundschau , September 22, 1976 (Mechthild Lange).
- Theater heute , November 1976, No. 11 (Gerd Jäger).
literature
- David Barnett: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Theater as a provocation. Leipzig 2012. p. 103ff.
- Herbert Spaich: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Life and work. Weinheim 1992. pp. 374f.
Web links
- Women in New York in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Women in New York , film and background information, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, Berlin.
- Women in New York at filmportal.de
- Women in New York in the Lexicon of International Films
- People and furniture: On the theater films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Lucas Foerster on Critic.de, July 4, 2012, accessed on May 25, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Benjamin Henrichs: Everything just theater. In: Die Zeit of September 24, 1976.
- ^ Wilhelm Roth: Annotated Filmography. In: Peter W. Jansen and Wolfram Schütte (eds.) Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Frankfurt am Main 1992.
- ^ [1] Film and background information, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, Berlin