Criterion Reflections – Episode 84 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Merchant of Four Seasons

David is joined by Jordan Essoe and Robert Taylor as we sink our teeth into the fresh and ripe first fruits from Fassbinder's exploration of Sirkian melodrama.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Jordan Essoe and Robert Taylor to discuss The Merchant of Four Seasons, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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The Merchant of Four Seasons

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