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

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

6.5 70 min Movie
Documentary

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

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