Robert Fischer Movies

The acclaimed director Alexander Payne gives his notes on the making and interpretation of 'The Last Detail

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...

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...

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

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

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

Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.

Featuring brand new interviews with producer Douglas Wick, screenwriter Wesley Strick, and special effects artist Rick Baker, THE BEAST INSIDE:...

Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter...

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

Allison Anders talks about her love for the work of film director Douglas Sirk.

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

Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

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

This brand new documentary takes a closer look at the production history, unique style, and lasting appeal of Fat City, as well as Leonard Gardner's...

Feature-length interview film with Bernhard Sinkel about his four-part film 'Fathers and Sons' (1986).

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.

In an archival interview filmed in 1989, Daniel Gélin discusses his work on Max Ophuls' 1952 film LE PLAISIR.

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

Documentary on Forman’s career leading up to Taking Off