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...
- 2004
Daniel, the Wizard
Daniel, the Wizard1.5362004HD
Evil teenager assassins Rike & Tom want to kill and film the execution of the rock star Daniel Küblböck [or Lana Kaiser to be correct], ...
- 2011
Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End
Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End92011HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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;...
- 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.
- 2009
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk02009HD
Kathryn Bigelow talks about the work of film director Douglas Sirk.
- 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...
- 2009
Working with François Truffaut: Nestor Almendros, Director of Photography
Working with François Truffaut: Nestor Almendros, Director of Photography02009HD
An interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros about his work with French film director François Truffaut. Footage taken from the 1986...
- 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...
- 2002
Fassbinder in Hollywood
Fassbinder in Hollywood5.92002HD
Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by Amercian studio...
- 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
- 2018
Budd Boetticher on the Ranown Cycle
Budd Boetticher on the Ranown Cycle02018HD
Budd Boetticher talks about the Ranown Cycle, a collection of low-budget westerns of the late 1950s.
- 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.
- 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...
- 2007
Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk
Contract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk5.32007HD
Interview with actor William Reynolds about his role in Douglas Sirk's ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955).
- 2016
Traveling Roadshow
Traveling Roadshow02016HD
Actors Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler and Lisa Kreuzer reflect on their work in front of the Robby Müller’s camera for Wim...