Tracing the thread…
Fassbinder repeatedly explored the seedy underbelly of nightlife and cabaret culture in works like 'Lola' (1981), examining desire, corruption, and performance in urban spaces.
Luchino Visconti ItalyVisconti's operatic sensibility and fascination with decadence found expression in films like 'The Damned' (1969), which portrays the theatrical, cabaret-adjacent world of aristocratic excess and moral decay.