Robert Fischer Movies
- 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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- 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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- 2024
Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited
Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited02024HD
New interviews with star Jean-Pierre Kalfon; writer/director and Rivette collaborator Pascal Bonitzer; Rivette biographer Antoine de Baecque;...
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- 2004
Daniel, the Wizard
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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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- 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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- 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
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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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- 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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- 2008
Working with Max Ophuls: Robert Christidès, Set Decorator
Working with Max Ophuls: Robert Christidès, Set Decorator02008HD
In an archival interview filmed in 1989, Robert Christidès discusses his work on Max Ophuls' 1952 film LE PLAISIR.
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- 2025
Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat
Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat02025HD
Director Dominik Graf discusses his experiences working on his film The Cat (1988)
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- 2017
G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
G.W. Pabst's 'Kameradschaft': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak02017HD
Film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak discusses Pabst's 1931 film
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- 2013
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
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Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
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- 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),...
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- 2008
Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"
Circles of Desire: Alan Williams on Max Ophuls' "La Ronde"02008HD
Ophuls scholar Alan Williams discusses the French director's 1950 film
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- 1970
Expedition Amazonia
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In the heart of the mysterious Amazon region lives a people whose roots are deeply anchored in the layers of time: the Matsés people, also...
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- 2008
Acting for Douglas Sirk
Acting for Douglas Sirk02008HD
The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews...
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- 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.
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- 2008
Working with Max Ophuls: Annette Wademant, Co-Writer
Working with Max Ophuls: Annette Wademant, Co-Writer02008HD
Archival interview with the co-writer of Max Ophuls' 1953 film THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...
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- 2017
G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak
G.W. Pabst's 'Westfront 1918': An Introduction by Jan-Christopher Horak02017HD
Film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak discusses Pabst's 1930 film "Westfront 1918".
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- 2018
Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'
Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'02018HD
Film scholar Homay King discusses director Josef von Sternberg's cinematic China and the role of star Anna May Wong in 'Shanghai Express'.
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