简介：ThoughheneveractuallyworkedinHollywood,RainerWernerFassbinder,whodiedin1982attheageof36,wasinfluencedgreatlybyAmercianstudiofilmsofthe1950sandtheconventionofmelodrama(thelinkmostoftenmentionedisDouglasSirk).Withactor-turned-filmmakerUlliLommelashostandguide(heappearedinFassbinder'sveryfirstfeature,LoveIsColderThanDeath,in1969),documentaryfilmmakerRobertFischerconductsatourofHollywoodtoday,pausingtochatwithcinematographerMichaelBallhausandactressHannaSchygulla#bothchartermembersofFassbinder'stight-knitstockcompanyoftechniciansandplayers#aswellasWimWenders,whofoundthetoeholdinthestudiosystemthatFassbinderneverhad.TheproceedingsareliberallysprinkledwithclipsfromFassbinder'sfilms,aswellasglimpsesofatheatercompanyinLosAngelesthatspecializesinperformingthedirector'splays.AsFischermakesclear,Fassbinder'sinfluenceonHollywoodisnotonlystillbeingfelttoday,butisgatheringadramaticforcethatwillservetointroducehisoeuvretoanewgenerationofmoviegoers.…