Schroeter had wanted to make a black and white film with amateur actors and location shots , but Fassbinder instead shot it with professional actors in a lurid , expressionist color , and on sets in the studio . Edmund White comments that the result is a film in which , " Everything is bathed in an artificial light and the architectural elements are all symbolic . " Both songs were nominated to the 1984 Razzie Awards for " Worst Original Song "
1984 Razzie Awards
4th Golden Raspberry Awards
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