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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 2018
Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz
Illusion of Freedom: Richard H. Kline on John Frankenheimer's Birdman of Alcatraz02018HD
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.
- 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...
- 2006
Men of Mystery
Men of Mystery02006HD
Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")
- 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
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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
- 1970
Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'
Spinning Tales: Fiona Lewis on Brian De Palma's 'The Fury'01970HD
Fiona Lewis discusses her role in 'The Fury'
- 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
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...
- 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...
- 2012
A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear'
A Winter's War: Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear'02012HD
Director Keith Gordon looks back on his 1992 cult classic; A Midnight Clear.
- 2012
Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'
Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'72012HD
Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'
- 2012
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'02012HD
Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
- 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...
- 2007
Kurosawa and the Censors
Kurosawa and the Censors02007HD
Danish film scholar, Lars-Martin Sorensen, describes US censorship of Japanese film during the American occupation of Japan (1945-1952) and the...