Documentary · Germany · 2002 · 57m

Fassbinder in Hollywood

Director

Cast

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self (archive footage) Wim Wenders as Self Hanna Schygulla as Self Michael Ballhaus as Self Ulli Lommel as Self

Crew

Bruce Schermer — Director of Photography Thomas Repp — Director of Photography Katja Hahn — Editor Roque Baños — Original Music Composer Ulli Lommel — Writer Robert Fischer — Writer

Synopsis

Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by American studio films of the 1950s and the convention of melodrama (the link most often mentioned is Douglas Sirk).

Key Collaborators

Robert Fischer Director Bruce Schermer Director of Photography Thomas Repp Director of Photography Katja Hahn Editor Roque Baños Original Music Composer Ulli Lommel Writer Robert Fischer Writer Thomas Sessner Producer

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