Robert Fischer Movies

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...

Evil teenager assassins Rike & Tom want to kill and film the execution of the rock star Daniel Küblböck [or Lana Kaiser to be correct], ...

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

When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in...

Budd Boetticher talks about the Ranown Cycle, a collection of low-budget westerns of the late 1950s.

An interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros about his work with French film director François Truffaut. Footage taken from the 1986...

In retracing the making of FEDORA, Robert Fischer’s documentary SWAN SONG: THE STORY OF BILLY WILDERʼS FEDORA adds yet another layer of...

Walter Hill sits down for a rare retrospective interview for his 1981 film "Southern Comfort".

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

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...

Short documentary about sequences removed from the film.

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

A conversation between Eric Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder.

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.

Allen Baron, director of "Blast of Silence" visits locations from the film and recalls the production.

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

Fiona Lewis discusses her role in 'The Fury'

Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by Amercian studio...

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

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