Sight & Sound Magazine May 2017 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Park Chan-wook (1504)

Original Sight & Sound – May 2017, Volume 27 Issue 5, published by the BFI.

This issue is led by an extensive feature on Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with a striking monochrome cover portrait of the influential German filmmaker. The main cover line reads:

“I Don’t Throw Bombs, I Make Films”: The Explosive Genius of Fassbinder

A strong issue for collectors of serious film criticism, European cinema, auteur filmmaking and BFI publications.

Magazine: Sight & Sound
Full Date: May 2017
Volume: 27
Issue: 5
Publisher: BFI
Cover Price: £4.50
SKU: 1504

Main Feature – Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The principal feature focuses on Rainer Werner Fassbinder, one of the defining filmmakers of the New German Cinema movement. The cover presents him in a candid black-and-white photograph, cigarette in hand and wearing a leather jacket, with his surname reproduced in very large red lettering across the lower half of the cover.

The issue is clearly positioned as a substantial retrospective / critical examination of Fassbinder’s work and reputation, making it particularly relevant to collectors interested in European art cinema, German film history and director-focused issues of Sight & Sound.

Additional Cover Features

Also promoted on the front cover are:

• Their Finest and wartime British cinema
• Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden
• Lady Macbeth
• Raw
• James Baldwin
• A Quiet Passion
• Pablo Larraín’s Neruda

This gives the issue a broad mixture of contemporary international cinema, British film, literary and historical subjects, and auteur-focused criticism.

Collector Interest

This issue should be of particular interest to collectors of:

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• New German Cinema
• Sight & Sound
• BFI publications
• Park Chan-wook
• The Handmaiden
• Lady Macbeth
• Raw
• James Baldwin
• Neruda
• Pablo Larraín
• European and international cinema
• Film criticism and director retrospectives

Condition

Pre-owned and in good overall visible condition.

From the supplied image:

• Front cover remains clean, bright and highly presentable.
• Main photograph and typography are clear.
• There are some light surface marks / handling wear visible across the cover.
• Minor edge wear is visible around the outer edges.
• Corners show light age-related wear, particularly along the lower edge.
• The spine side appears generally intact from the angle shown.
• There is slight natural waviness / handling distortion to the magazine.
• No obvious major tears, heavy creasing, writing or significant staining are visible in the supplied image.
• Original price/barcode label remains attached at the right edge.

Only the front exterior is shown in the supplied image, so internal completeness and page condition cannot be fully confirmed from this photograph alone.

A visually distinctive and collectible May 2017 Fassbinder issue of Sight & Sound.

SKU: 1504