Die abendfüllende, zwischen 2019 und 2022 entstandene Fiction-Factory-Produktion DAS ARTURO-PROJEKT von Robert Fischer wurde als eine von 18 internationalen Beiträgen zum renommierten Berliner Filmfestival DOKUARTS eingeladen, das sich auf die Präsentation von Dokumentarfilmen zum Thema Kunst spezialisiert hat. Die erste Vorführung – am Freitag, 6. Oktober, 19:30 Uhr im Kino der Kulturbrauerei – ist zugleich die Berliner Premiere. Regisseur Robert Fischer und Produzent Wolfgang Hauck werden anwesend sein. (Wiederholung: Samstag, 14. Oktober, 17:30 Uhr, im Klick-Kino.)

»Ein zärtlicher Blick auf die Arbeit des kleinen privaten Theaters Wasserburg in Bayern, dessen Arturo Ui-Inszenierung kurz vor der Pandemie mit außerordentlicher Ausdruckskraft dargeboten wurde. Mit Geduld beobachtet Fischer den Probenprozess der Inszenierung, bei der Schauspieler, Zirkuskünstler, Stelzer und Musiker zum ersten Mal zusammenwirken. Entstanden ist eine einzigartige musikalische und artistische Version eines Brechtstückes, das nichts an Aktualität verloren hat« (DOKUARTS-Programm-Information).

Fiction Factory is pleased to announce that Robert Fischer’s feature-length documentary THE ARTURO PROJECT (2022) has been invited as one of 18 international entries to the prestigious DOKUARTS film festival in Berlin, which specialises in presenting documentaries about art and artists. The first screening – on Friday, 6 October, 7:30 pm at the Kulturbrauerei cinema – is also the Berlin premiere. Director Robert Fischer and producer Wolfgang Hauck will attend. (Repeat screening: Saturday, 14 October, 5:30 p.m., at Klick-Kino).

»A tender look at the work of a small private theatre, the Theater Wasserburg in Bavaria. With commitment and panache, the theater presented its extraordinary production of Arturo Ui shortly before the pandemic. Fischer sensitively observes the rehearsal process of the production, in which actors, circus artists, stilt walkers, and musicians collaborate for the first time. The result is a unique musical and artistic version of Brecht’s famous play that has lost none of its urgency« (DOKUARTS programme information).

Directed by Walter Hill | Australia | Imprint | 26 July 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries OUTLAW BROTHERS: THE MAKING OF THE LONG RIDERS (64 min), THE NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID: ANATOMY OF A SCENE (15 min), SLOW MOTION: WALTER HILL ON SAM PECKINPAH (6 min), and CODES TO LIVE BY: WALTER HILL ON JOHNNY HANDSOME (44 min).

THE RANOWN WESTERNS: FIVE FILMS DIRECTED BY BUDD BOETTICHER | USA | The Criterion Collection | 18 July 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary VISITING… BUDD BOETTICHER: BUDD BOETTICHER ON THE RANOWN CYCLE (36 min).

BLUEBEARD | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 14 July 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries EDWARD DMYTRYK ON THE HOLLYWOOD TEN (25 min) and MAKING A DIFFERENCE: JEAN PORTER-DMYTRYK ON EDWARD DMYTRYK (27 min).

LILLI MARLEEN | Filmjuwelen | 7 July 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary HANNA SCHYGULLA: LILI MARLEEN REMEMBERED (6 min).

FAR FROM HEAVEN | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 21 April 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary A POWERFUL POLITICAL POTENTIAL: TODD HAYNES ON SIRK AND FASSBINDER (15 min).

LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO (1954) | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 6 April 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary EIN HANDWERKER DES KINOS: ELKE SEEL-VIANDON ÜBER DAS LEBEN UND DIE FILME VON ROBERT VERNAY (61 min).

PLUTONIUM | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 24 March 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: VON DER BAVARIA ZUR PENTAGRAMMA (1952-1973) (39 min) and RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: PLUTONIUM (1978) (8 min).

THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED | UK | Arrow Video | 6 March 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary THIS BOY’S INNOCENCE: JOHN MOULDER-BROWN ON THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMS (24 min).

HURRY SUNDOWN | Australia | Imprint | 22 February 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY OTTO PREMINGER: AN APPRECIATION BY PETER BOGDANOVICH (34 min).

THE MOUNTAIN | Australia | Imprint | 22 February 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary EDWARD DMYTRYK ON THE HOLLYWOOD TEN (25 min).

THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN | USA | MVD Rewind | 24 January 2023

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries THE FIRST AMERICAN VIRGIN: BOAZ DAVIDSON ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (36 min), MEMORIES OF A PIZZA BOY: LAWRENCE MONOSON ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (26 min), BABE OF THE EIGHTIES: DIANE FRANKLIN ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (21 min), and IN PRAISE OF SMALLER MOVIES: ADAM GREENBERG ON THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (21 min).

NEWS – BERICHT ÜBER EINE REISE IN EINE STRAHLENDE ZUKUNFT | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 16 December 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory doucmentaries RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: VON DER BAVARIA ZUR PENTAGRAMMA (1952-1973) (39 min) and RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: NEWS – BERICHT ÜBER EINE REISE IN EINE STRAHLENDE ZUKUNFT (1986) (8 min).

DIE LETZTEN FERIEN | Germany | Filmjuwelen | 9 December 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory doucmentary RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: VON DER BAVARIA ZUR PENTAGRAMMA (1952-1973) (39 min).

ROLLERBALL | USA | Shout! Factory | 22 November 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries THE BIKE WORK: CRAIG R. BAXLEY ON THE MOTORCYCLE STUNTS IN ROLLERBALL (18 min) and THE FOURTH CITY: SHOOTING ROLLERBALL IN MUNICH (18 min).

THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT | France | Wild Side Video | 26 October 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary AN AMERICAN DISSIDENT: MILOS FORMAN ON THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (18 min).

THE LAST DETAIL | USA | Shout! Factory | 25 October 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries PROGRAM NOTES: AN INTRODUCTION TO »THE LAST DETAIL« BY ALEXANDER PAYNE (5 min), ABOUT A TRIP: ALEXANDER PAYNE ON HAL ASHBY’S »THE LAST DETAIL« (16 min), and A SEARCH FOR TRUTH: ROBERT C. JONES ON HAL ASHBY’S »THE LAST DETAIL« (21 min).