Fassbinder in Hollywood
Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by American studio films of the 1950s and the convention of melodrama (the link most often mentioned is Douglas Sirk).
Cast
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Self (archive footage)
Wim Wenders
as Self
Hanna Schygulla
as Self
Michael Ballhaus
as Self
Ulli Lommel
as Self