Fiction Factory / Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

Director Kathryn Bigelow (THE HURT LOCKER) shares the story of how she met Douglas Sirk at the Locarno Film Festival and did an interview with him. She also discusses Sirk’s influence on her own work. A touching, heart-felt tribute by today’s most recognized woman director to Hollywood’s master of melodrama.

Germany/France 2008 · Written and directed by Robert Fischer · Camera and editing: Robert Fischer · Sound: Françoise Ettel · Production manager: Françoise Ettel · Produced by Robert Fischer and Vincent Paul-Boncour · With Kathryn Bigelow · A Fiction Factory (Munich) and Allerton Films (Paris) Co-Production · Length: 14 min.

PUBLISHED ON THE FOLLOWING DVDS:

Coffret Douglas Sirk, Partie 2
Interlude (AUS)
Les Amants de Salzbourg
Magnificent Obsession (Criterion: Blu-ray)
Magnificent Obsession (Criterion: DVD)