Haynes himself has said that he thinks of Fassbinder as 'the most important German filmmaker after the war' and that Safe was in some ways inspired by Fear of Fear (1975) and Chinese Roulette (1976), two of Fassbinder’s bleakest movies about women.
Haynes himself has said that he thinks of Fassbinder as 'the most important German filmmaker after the war' and that Safe was in some ways inspired by Fear of Fear (1975) and Chinese Roulette (1976), two of Fassbinder’s bleakest movies about women.