A surprisingly short shoot
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GrigoryGirl — 17 years ago(November 30, 2008 11:40 AM)
On the DVD, there's a documentary about the making of this film/miniseries, and it only took Fassbinder 156 days to shoot it. That's remarkable considering its length.
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GrigoryGirl — 17 years ago(January 21, 2009 04:57 PM)
For Fassbinder, it was a long shoot. But then, it was 15 1/2 hours. 156 days is remarkable considering the length of the miniseries.
Bergman shot the miniseries Scenes from a Marriage in 30 days. It ran 5 hours.
When Fassbinder first started out, he cranked out ten (!) features in his first two years as a filmmaker.
He shot The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant in 10 days.
Most directors can barely manage one film every 2-3 years. Fassbinder could crank one out in a matter of weeks (and often did). -
MinJeta — 5 days ago(March 28, 2026 11:42 AM)
He worked some pretty long hours too, with his friend "Charlie" to keep him going. I doubt that 40+ movie and TV productions in 13 years can ever be beat in the modern era, certainly not without that level of excess.
"The trouble is most people are twats or cunts. Or both."
That's a remarkably long shoot by his standards.