Robert Fischer Movies

Welles scholar Joseph McBride discusses the 1952 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. (A 32-minute edit of this documentary was presented...

In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...

The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.

A first-hand account of the shooting of John Frankenheimer's The Birdman of Alcatraz by the film's camera operator, Richard H. Kline, ASC.

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...

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

An appreciation of the film “The Last Detail” by Alexander Payne

Budd Boetticher talks about the Ranown Cycle, a collection of low-budget westerns of the late 1950s.

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...

Kathryn Bigelow talks about the work of film director Douglas Sirk.

Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

Fiona Lewis discusses her role in 'The Fury'

A conversation between Eric Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder.

In this feature-length interview, conducted by Robert Fischer in February 2015, Volker Schlöndorff talks about the making of his film BAAL...

Actors Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler and Lisa Kreuzer reflect on their work in front of the Robby Müller’s camera for Wim...

Director Keith Gordon looks back on his 1992 cult classic; A Midnight Clear.

Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'

Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'

In his film "Far From Heaven", Todd Haynes refers very respectfully to Douglas Sirk's "All that Heaven Allows". Fassbinder was also strongly...

Danish film scholar, Lars-Martin Sorensen, describes US censorship of Japanese film during the American occupation of Japan (1945-1952) and the...