@chris I can tell you a funny story about how I didn’t get to see this film in the theater. It was Fassbinder retrospective at Museum of Modern Art in NY, maybe 10 yrs ago. About the time they revived the film for restoration. I was on line to get in, as the film showings at MoMA back then, were first come, first serve. The woman behind asked me what the film was about. As many patrons at MoMA screening, these are wealthy NYers who have a lot of leasure time and would line up to see any movie that are free. Me, a raging Fassbinder fan, took a day off work to see the film, started my spiel about the film. Then they started letting people in. When it was our turn, the person at MoMA said that they were at capacity and could put only one more person in. I looked at the lady who was full of anticipation at the opportunity to see her first movie by some German director, and decided to give the seat to her and walked away. I hope it wasn’t the first and the last Fassbinder film.😝