The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

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The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited (2011)

Directed by Robert Fischer

Documentary · 1h 10m

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 which ended all too soon with his untimely death. Archival footage of Fassbinder is utilized (including several fascinating snippets culled from interviews he did at the disastrous Cannes premiere of Despair), as well as many others involved in the film and its release. Even if you're not a particular fan of Despair, or even in fact of Fassbinder, this is stellar documentary film making and is an intriguing look at one of the most enigmatic masters of the New German Cinema.

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Cast

Andréa Ferréol Self Michael Ballhaus Self Tom Stoppard Self
J
Juliane Lorenz Self
D
Dieter Menz Self
A
Alexander Allerson Self Harry Baer Self Isolde Barth Self
J
John Coldstream Self
B
Brock Van Den Bogaerde Self

Crew

Director
Robert Fischer
Writer
Robert Fischer

Details

Release date
2011-01-01
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, French, German
Countries
Germany
Production
Bavaria Media, Fiction FACTory Filmproduktion