Interview Christian Braad Thomsen "FASSBINDER - LIEBEN OHNE ZU FORDERN"
Channel: TEDDY AWARD
Date: 2015-02-10

29. TEDDY AWARD, 65. Berlin International Film Festival 
Interview Christian Braad Thomsenl, director "FASSBINDER - LIEBEN OHNE ZU FORDERN"

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'Fassbinder - Lieben ohen zu fordern' ('Fassbinder - To Love without demands'
DK, 2015
Directed by Christian Braad Thomsenl
Cast: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was probably Germany’s most significant post-war director. His swift and dramatic demise at the early age of 37 in 1982 left behind a vacuum in European filmmaking that has yet to be filled, as well as a body of unique, multi-layered and multifarious work of astonishing consistency and rigour. From 1969 onwards, Danish director and film historian Christian Braad Thomsen maintained a close yet respectfully distanced friendship with Fassbinder. Fassbinder - Lieben ohne zu fordern is based on his personal memories as well as a series of conversations and interviews he held with Fassbinder and his mother Lilo in the 1970s. The film also contains current interviews with Irm Hermann and Harry Baer, both of whom were close to Fassbinder. Beginning with
Fassbinder’s extraordinary childhood in traumatised post-war Germany, the film, which is divided into seven chapters, provides an illuminating, intimate and moving tribute that bears witness to the enduring relevance of both the man and his work. Today in particular his oeuvre continues to provoke us to engage with controversy and tension – be it aesthetical, creative or critical.