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

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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.

Date: 01/01/2011
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Andréa Ferréol, Michael Ballhaus, Tom Stoppard, Juliane Lorenz, Dieter Minx, Alexander Allerson, Harry Baer, Isolde Barth, John Coldstream, Brock Van Den Bogaerde

Andréa Ferréol as Self in The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited Andréa Ferréol

Michael Ballhaus as Self in The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited Michael Ballhaus

Tom Stoppard as Self in The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited Tom Stoppard

Juliane Lorenz

Dieter Minx

Alexander Allerson

Harry Baer as Self in The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited Harry Baer

Isolde Barth as Self in The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited Isolde Barth

John Coldstream

Brock Van Den Bogaerde