Beware of a Holy Whore

Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany, 1971

104 mins

7.4 / 10 (996)

Comedy Drama Avant-Garde LGBTQ+

Synopsis

Film director Jeff and his lead actor are taking their time getting to the set of a movie they’re working on. In their absence, the film crew lacks a purposeful way to spend their time waiting, so they drink heavily. However, as booze is downed and frustration sets in, morale hits rock bottom.

MUBI's take

Set to the choicest Leonard Cohen needle drops, Fassbinder’s remarkably dissolute satire of the film industry unfolds in a heady cloud of booze, boobs, and bust-ups. Featuring acting legends Lou Castel and Eddie Constantine, this diatribe on filmmaking moves between the languid and the combustible.