Robert Fischer Movies

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

The son of film director von Sternberg discusses his father.

Legendary French film director and Nouvelle Vague co-founder Claude Chabrol takes us back to the mid-fifties, when he and then-fellow film critic...

George Litto on 'Blow Out'

A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.

Milos Forman talks Robert Fischer through his filmography and the difficult transition from Czechoslovakia to Hollywood. Shot in 2000, edited and...

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.

Ophuls scholar Alan Williams discusses the French director's 1950 film

Documentary on Forman’s career leading up to Taking Off

An interview with cinematographer Richard H. Kline talking about his filming experience in Brian De Palma's film The Fury.

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

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

New conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss

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,...

In-depth interview with filmmaker Sam Irvin who, in 1977, worked on Brian De Palma's The Fury as a production assistant, extra, and journalist for...

Film scholar Homay King discusses director Josef von Sternberg's cinematic China and the role of star Anna May Wong in 'Shanghai Express'.

In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...

Film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White consider the collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg, as well...