Robert Fischer Movies
- 2007
Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk
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Interview with actor William Reynolds about his role in Douglas Sirk's ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955).
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- 2010
Making an American Movie
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An in-depth analysis of The Reckless Moment (1949) by Lutz Bacher, author of Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios.
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- 2015
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
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Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter...
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- 2006
Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir
Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir02006HD
Filmmaker Todd Haynes talks about Max Ophuls' 1952 film Le Plaisir.
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- 2011
Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema
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Documentary interview the director Ted Kotcheff on his film 'Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'
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- 2018
Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'
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Film scholar Janet Bergstrom discusses Sternberg's 1930 film starring Marlene Dietrich.
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- 2014
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
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In retracing the making of FEDORA, Robert Fischer’s documentary SWAN SONG: THE STORY OF BILLY WILDERʼS FEDORA adds yet another layer of...
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- 2008
Acting for Douglas Sirk
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The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews...
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- 2006
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
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Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others),...
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- 2009
A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
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Allison Anders talks about her love for the work of film director Douglas Sirk.
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- 2011
Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End
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A fascinating and absorbing documentary about the making of Jerzy Skolimowski's cult favourite, DEEP END, which was shot in 1970 as a US-German...
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- 2006
Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram02006HD
In his film "Far From Heaven", Todd Haynes refers very respectfully to Douglas Sirk's "All that Heaven Allows". Fassbinder was also strongly...
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- 2016
Outer Movement, Inner Movement
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Actors Rüdiger Vogler and Lisa Kreuzer reflect on their work in front of the Robby Müller’s camera for Wim Wender’s seminal...
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- 2007
Kurosawa and the Censors
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Danish film scholar, Lars-Martin Sorensen, describes US censorship of Japanese film during the American occupation of Japan (1945-1952) and the...
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- 2024
Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited
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New interviews with star Jean-Pierre Kalfon; writer/director and Rivette collaborator Pascal Bonitzer; Rivette biographer Antoine de Baecque;...
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- 2008
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
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A documentary including archival footage of a 1989 interview with actor Daniel Gélin about his experiences working on Max Ophuls' 1950 film LA...
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- 1970
Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
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Fiona Lewis discusses her role in 'The Fury'
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- 2002
Fassbinder in Hollywood
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Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by American studio...
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- 2019
Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession
Core of Reality: Robert Blees on Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession02019HD
Screenwriter Robert Blees (1918-2015) recalls his arrival in Hollywood in the early 1940s and discusses his collaboration with Douglas Sirk on...
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- 2015
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal
The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal02015HD
In this feature-length interview, conducted by Robert Fischer in February 2015, Volker Schlöndorff talks about the making of his film BAAL...
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