The Wives follows four sisters-in-law and their families who escape to their Maltese holiday apartments, as they’ve done every summer for 15 years, but things go awry.。1970年是法斯賓達的電影人生中最多產的一年,單是劇情長片便拍了不下六部風格、類型、題材等皆各異的作品,而黑色喜劇《小心聖妓》便是其一。但對影迷來說,也許更重要的是此片乃法斯賓達自認最好的個人作品。雖然影片的名字像極與妓女有關,不過故事內容卻是另一回事。它主要講述一群苦候拍攝電影的人,因導演失蹤、器材不見,唯有在冠冕堂皇的西班牙酒店內有如行屍走肉四處飄浮,直至導演出現,大家才抖擻精神。怎料導演忙於拍攝之餘,更要落力應付各方滋事份子,令他疲於奔命,最後他還要面對巨大的財政壓力,而各位演員也開始鼓譟起來...此片無疑可說是導演的個人寫照,透過自嘲、黑色幽默等手法諷刺片場如地獄,不過更值得注意的是此片的混雜風格,既承接他早期的劇場化敘事,亦開其日後的通俗劇形式,可說是法斯賓達電影創作上的重要過渡作品。
1970 was the most prolific year for Fassbinder, he made six features of different style, genre and theme, and Beware of a Holy Whore was the director's personal favourite. Despite its title the film has absolute nothing to do with prostitution. With the director and equipment missing, a group of actors and crew can do nothing but to wait aimlessly inside a posh Spanish hotel. The director finally appears, but he is soon entangled with the trouble makers on the set and pressure from his financers| not before long, the actors are starting to get riotous…A black comedy and a satire of the movie set being "hell", a self-mockery on the perils of being a director. An important work where Fassbinder was making a transition from his early Brechtian style to more conventional narrative.
Source: 世界電影經典回顧 2006 節目二 - 德國電影新浪潮。围绕妮娜,一位纽约的芭蕾舞演员展开,她与母亲——退休的芭蕾舞演员艾丽卡居住在一起,她的生活只有舞蹈以及野心勃勃的职业目标。好机会终于降临,当导演托马斯决定为新一季《天鹅湖》挑选新演员时,妮娜成为了第一候选人。不过,她还有一个竞争者,莉莉,托马斯要求舞者不仅仅能演出白天鹅的无辜与优雅,更要能演出黑天鹅的诡诈与淫荡。妮娜是完美的白天鹅而莉莉却是黑天鹅的化身,渐渐的,两位舞蹈演员的竞争与对抗进入扭曲的状态,妮娜开始鲁莽、不顾一切的探索起自己黑暗的一面,这也将毁掉她……。