This commentary features two of the major figures of the New German Cinema: Michael Ballhaus, cinematographer on many Fassbinder films; and Wim Wenders, Fassbinder’s friend and colleague, and the director of KINGS OF THE ROAD (1976), THE AMERICAN FRIEND (1977), and PARIS, TEXAS (1984), among many...

Hanna Schygulla starred in twenty Fassbinder film and television productions, including his first feature, LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH (1969), his television miniseries BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (1980), and his most autobiographical film, THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (1972). She was interviewed at h...

Professor of German at Harvard University, Eric Rentschler began admiring and writing about the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in the ’70s. He is the author of “West German Film in the Course of Time” (1984) and “The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife” (1996). He was interview...

In January 1978, just before shooting began on THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, German film scholar Peter W. Jansen brought a 16 mm film crew to Rainer Werner Fassbinder's house in Paris. The result, LIFE STORIES: A CONVERSATION WITH R.W. FASSBINDER, is the longest interview with the director ever re...