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

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

2011/01/01 • Released • English, French, German

Documentary
6.5
1h 10m

Overview

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.

Director : Robert Fischer

Casts
Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Self

Michael Ballhaus

Michael Ballhaus

Self

Tom Stoppard

Self

Juliane Lorenz

Self

Dieter Minx

Self

Alexander Allerson

Self

Harry Baer

Harry Baer

Self

Isolde Barth

Isolde Barth

Self

John Coldstream

Self

Brock Van Den Bogaerde

Self

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