The American Soldier

 


I gave up on Warner Fassbinder's The American Soldier. the film's only 74 minutes long, but by the 34 minute mark the stilted acting and uninteresting story left me cold. Fassbinder's attempt at film noir didn't work. It was like trying to put on a suit that was tailored for a completely different body type. 

All the elements of noir were there: the sultry platinum blonde, the taciturn hero who's an outsider, the dirty cops. The American Soldier bored. I expected more of Fassbinder, but sometimes "even Homer sleeps." Life is short. I had to give up.

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