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

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

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Documentary
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , French , German
📆 Date Released: 2011-01-01
⌚ Running Time: 70 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.5

Beloved Cast

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

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