Robert Fischer Movies
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 2006
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood82006HD
Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others),...
- 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,...
- 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], ...
- 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
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.
- 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...
- 2017
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'
About a Trip: Alexander Payne on Hal Ashby's 'The Last Detail'02017HD
An appreciation of the film “The Last Detail” by Alexander Payne
- 2014
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora62014HD
In retracing the making of FEDORA, Robert Fischer’s documentary SWAN SONG: THE STORY OF BILLY WILDERʼS FEDORA adds yet another layer of...
- 2017
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne
Program Notes: An Introduction To The Last Detail By Alexander Payne72017HD
The acclaimed director Alexander Payne gives his notes on the making and interpretation of 'The Last Detail
- 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...
- 2011
'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes
'Deep End': Remembering the Deleted Scenes02011HD
Short documentary about sequences removed from the film.
- 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...
- 2006
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood
Dalton Trumbo: Rebel in Hollywood02006HD
The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
- 2006
Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer62006HD
A conversation between Eric Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder.
- 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.
- 2007
Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'
Requiem for a Killer: The Making of 'Blast of Silence'62007HD
Allen Baron, director of "Blast of Silence" visits locations from the film and recalls the production.