Robert Fischer Movies
- 2014
Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles
Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles02014HD
Welles scholar Joseph McBride discusses the 1952 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. (A 32-minute edit of this documentary was presented...
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- 2017
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'02017HD
This brand new documentary takes a closer look at the production history, unique style, and lasting appeal of Fat City, as well as Leonard Gardner's...
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- 1999
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock6.51999HD
When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in...
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- 2006
A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred Hitchcock
A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred Hitchcock72006HD
Legendary French film director and Nouvelle Vague co-founder Claude Chabrol takes us back to the mid-fifties, when he and then-fellow film critic...
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- 2011
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited6.52011HD
This absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just the film in question, but Fassbinder's meteoric career...
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- 2009
A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders
A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders02009HD
Allison Anders talks about her love for the work of film director Douglas Sirk.
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- 2015
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany02015HD
A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.
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- 2004
Daniel, the Wizard
Daniel, the Wizard1.4172004HD
Evil teenager assassins Rike & Tom want to kill and film the execution of the rock star Daniel Küblböck [or Lana Kaiser to be correct], ...
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- 2016
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’02016HD
Joseph Wambaugh wrote his first novel 'The New Centurions' while still active as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, and his fact-based,...
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- 2015
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'52015HD
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
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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- 2014
Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'
Touching Death: Alejandro Amenábar on 'Tesis'02014HD
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- 2018
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias5.52018HD
For over half a century, the filmmaker Edgar Reitz, one of the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto and a pioneer of epic film narration, has...
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- 2016
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited6.32016HD
In June 2015, forty-five years after OUT 1 was made, the filmmakers went to Paris to interview cast and crew members and to revisit some of the...
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- 2013
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited02013HD
Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
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- 2018
Weimar on the Pacific
Weimar on the Pacific02018HD
In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...
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- 2021
Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man
Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man02021HD
From footage filmed in 1983, this documentary presents an interview with director Jack Arnold and his reminiscences of the making of the 1957 film...
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- 2016
Outer Movement, Inner Movement
Outer Movement, Inner Movement02016HD
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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- 2013
Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
Blood on the Lens: Richard H. Kline on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'02013HD
An interview with cinematographer Richard H. Kline talking about his filming experience in Brian De Palma's film The Fury.
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- 2024
Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited
Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited02024HD
Robert Fischer’s CINEMA REDEFINED: JACQUES RIVETTE’S L’AMOUR FOU REVISITED features new interviews with star Jean-Pierre Kalfon;...
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