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

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2011

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, French, German

Countries

Germany

Production

Fiction FACTory Filmproduktion,Bavaria Media

Cast

Dieter Minx,Harry Baer,Andréa Ferréol,Michael Ballhaus,John Coldstream,Alexander Allerson,Isolde Barth,Juliane Lorenz,Tom Stoppard,Brock Van Den Bogaerde

Director

Robert Fischer

Writer

Robert Fischer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2032546