p 　　A film version of a play Fassbinder directed in Hamburg, Clare Booth Luce 三九 s quot The Women quot It gave Fassbinder an opportunity to indulge his passion for working with women - there are forty women in the play and no men br 　　The play dates from the 一九三0s, and Fassbinder was accused by the critics of being anti-women a frequent criticism of late As usual, he chose to work quot against quot the text, and from this has constructed an entertaining and engaging play about love between upper-class women with nothing better to do than sneer at others when things go wrong with their lives and loves p