The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited 13 years old

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.

Credits

Isolde Barth as Herself

Juliane Lorenz as Herself

Tom Stoppard as Himself

Alexander Allerson as Himself

Andréa Ferréol as Herself

Dieter Minx as Himself

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

Name	Character
Isolde Barth She was 62, now 75 years old	as Herself
Juliane Lorenz She was 53, now 66 years old	as Herself
Tom Stoppard He was 73, now 86 years old	as Himself
Alexander Allerson He was 80, now 93 years old	as Himself
Andréa Ferréol She was 63, now 77 years old	as Herself
Dieter Minx	as Himself
Michael Ballhaus He was 75, 81 years old when he died	as Himself
Harry Baer He was 63, now 76 years old	as Himself

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

Name	Department
Robert Fischer as Director. He was 56 (now 69) years old	Directing
Robert Fischer as Writer. He was 56 (now 69) years old	Writing

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited (13 years)

Release day: Saturday, January 01, 2011
Runtime: 70 minutes