WRITTEN ON THE WIND | The Criterion Collection | USA | 1 February 2022

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary ACTING FOR DOUGLAS SIRK: WRITTEN ON THE WIND AND THE TARNISHED ANGELS REMEMBERED (22 min).

LES AVENTURES D’ANTOINE DOINEL | France | Carlotta Films | 1 December 2021

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary TRAVAILLER AVEC FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT: CLAUDE DE GIVRAY ET BERNARD REVON, CO-SCÉNARISTES (2003) (44 min).

NOS PLUS BELLES ANNÉES (The Way We Were) | Wild Side Video | France | 24 November 2021

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary PERSONAL INVESTMENT: SYDNEY POLLACK ON AMERICAN CINEMA AND 40 YEARS IN HOLLYWOOD (2021) (42 min).

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN | The Criterion Collection | USA | 19 October 2021

Contains the Fiction Factory documentary JACK ARNOLD REMEMBERS THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (2021) (27 min).

FLEISCH | Filmjuwelen | Germany | 3 September 2021

Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: VON DER BAVARIA ZUR PENTAGRAMMA (1952-1973) (39 min), DAS PUBLIKUM IM BLICK: RAINER ERLER ÜBER SEINEN FILM »FLEISCH« (28 min) and RAINER ERLER ERZÄHLT: FLEISCH (1979) (12 min).

LE DERNIER MÉTRO | Carlotta Films | France | 2 June 2021

Contains the new Fiction Factory documentary LE PARTAGE DU PLAISIR: SOUVENIRS PERSONNELS DU DERNIER MÉTRO (65 min.) with Paulette Dubost, Andréa Ferréol, Sabine Haudepin, Florent Bazin, Tessa Racine, and Alain Tasma.

Fiction Factory is pleased to announce that Robert Fischer’s feature-length documentary LIFE AS IT IS: MILOS FORMAN ON MILOS FORMAN (2018) has been selected for this year’s edition of EPOS Art Film Festival in Tel Aviv. The festival writes on its website: »Forman was a great conversationalist, and this time with him is an informative and entertaining lesson on cinema from one of its greats.« LIFE AS IT IS will be shown on 12 March, 8 pm, at Asia vanue. For more information, see here.

Robert Fischer’s feature-length documentary LIFE AS IT IS: MILOS FORMAN ON MILOS FORMAN has been invited to the 68th edition of the International Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival and will get three screenings in Mannheim and two in Heidelberg. Fischer will be present for Q & A’s. See here for more information!

Fiction Factory is pleased to announce that Robert Fischer’s feature-length documentary LIFE AS IT IS: MILOS FORMAN ON MILOS FORMAN (2018) has been selected for this year’s edition of DOKUARTS, Berlin’s prestigious festival for international films on art. LIFE AS IT IS will be shown on 17 October, 8 pm, at Zeughauskino Berlin (Unter den Linden 2), followed by a Q&A with the director. For more information, see here.

LIFE AS IT IS: MILOS FORMAN ON MILOS FORMAN | A Film by Robert Fischer | 115 min.

FILMFEST MÜNCHEN screenings:

Friday, 6 July, 17:30, Filmmuseum & Saturday, 7 July, 15:00, Filmmuseum

Spiked with personal stories and invaluable insights into the craft of filmmaking, this intimate talk with legendary Czech-American film director Milos Forman takes us on a journey through Forman’s life and career, from his early successes as a key figure in the Czech New Wave (BLACK PETER, LOVES OF A BLONDE, THE FIREMEN’S BALL) to his award winning masterpieces in the United States (TAKING OFF, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, AMADEUS, MAN ON THE MOON). Shot in New York in May 2000, a condensed version of this on-camera interview opened the Milos Forman retrospective at Filmfest Munich that same year. As a tribute to the great director, who passed away in April 2018, this newly edited version presents the complete footage for the very first time.

Persönliche Erinnerungen und erhellende Einblicke in die Kunst des Filmemachens wechseln sich ab in diesem ebenso spannenden wie unterhaltsamen Gespräch mit einer der schillerndsten Regie-Persönlichkeiten der letzten 50 Jahre: Milos Forman. Der Bogen reicht von Formans Kindheit in Böhmen und seinen frühen Filmen der tschechischen Neuen Welle (DIE LIEBE EINER BLONDINE, DER FEUERWEHRBALL) über die politischen Turbulenzen des Jahres 1968 und Formans Emigration in die USA bis hin zu den großen Kino-Erfolgen wie EINER FLOG ÜBER DAS KUCKUCKSNEST und AMADEUS. Eine kurze Version dieses vor 18 Jahren in New York gedrehten Interviews eröffnete 2000 die Milos-Forman-Retrospektive beim FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. In Erinnerung an den großen Filmkünstler, der im April 2018 verstarb, präsentiert diese neue Fassung erstmals das komplette Werkgespräch.