Beware of a Holy Whore

The title of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film is telling because it is a film about filmmaking, and those behind the camera. Like Godard's Contempt and Truffaut's Day For Night, Fassbinder turns the camera on himself, and it becomes a film about Fassbinder making a film. Unfortunately, it is a lesser work than either Godard or Truffaut's film. He shows the conflicting personalities and utter confusion of a movie set, and even stars in the film as an assistant director type character. It seems to be a very personal film, I just wish it was better.