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The Beauty of the Land: Anthony Slide on Andre De Toth and the Indian Fighter

Short doc in which Anthony Slide (Andre De Toth on Andre De Toth) discusses the work of Andre De Toth in general and The Indian Fighter in particular.

Painting with Light: Nicholas von Sternberg on Josef von Sternberg

The son of film director von Sternberg discusses his father.

Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'

Film scholar Janet Bergstrom discusses Sternberg's 1930 film starring Marlene Dietrich.

A Search For Truth: Robert C. Jones On Hal Ashby’s 'The Last Detail'

Retrospective look back on the making of the film.

Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’

Joseph Wambaugh wrote his first novel 'The New Centurions' while still active as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, and his fact-based, painfully realistic book became a nation-wide bestseller when it came out in 1971. Replacing heroic cops with struggling, psychologically damaged characters, Wambaugh changed crime literature forever. Richard Fleischer’s filming of Wambaugh’s novel, also called THE NEW CENTURIONS, followed a year later and, in turn, revolutionized crime movies. Featuring newly filmed interviews with writer Joseph Wambaugh, star Stacy Keach, technical advisor Richard E. Kalk (Wambaugh’s real-life LAPD partner) and assistant cameraman Ronald Vidor, COP STORIES: THE MAKING OF RICHARD FLEISCHER’S THE NEW CENTURIONS chronicles the production of that landmark film in all its stages from script to screen.

Love Letters

Actors Tony Lo Bianco and Marilyn Chris, and editor Stan Warnow, discuss the 1970 film THE HONEYMOON KILLERS.

The Poet and the Filmmaker: Volker Schlöndorff on Baal

In this feature-length interview, conducted by Robert Fischer in February 2015, Volker Schlöndorff talks about the making of his film BAAL (1969), based on the first play ever written by Bertolt Brecht. He describes his working relationship with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his group of actors and how the Brecht family hated the film when it first came out, resulting in BAAL’s inavailability for over 40 years.

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter Matthau in what is probably the actor’s finest dramatic role, airshow pilot turned crop duster turned bank robber turned mob target Charley Varrick. This feature-length documentary takes the viewer back to the time of the shooting of this cult item and features original interviews with Siegel’s son, Kristoffer Tabori, actors Andy Robinson and Jacqueline Scott, stunt driver and actor Craig R. Baxley, composer Lalo Schifrin and Howard A. Rodman, whose father co-wrote the screenplay.

A Tribute to Douglas Sirk by Allison Anders

Allison Anders talks about her love for the work of film director Douglas Sirk.

Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

Kathryn Bigelow talks about the work of film director Douglas Sirk.

Fassbinder in Hollywood

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