Anarchy of the Imagination

Michael Töteberg is the editor of two volumes of Fassbinder's screenplays. Leo A. Lensing is professor of German and film studies, and Krishna Winston is professor of German, at Wesleyan University.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionOn Translating Rainer Werner FassbinderAcknowledgmentsPart I. Cinema between Autobiography and Social CriticismPart II. Fellow Filmmakers Pro and ConPart III. Projects and ControversiesPart IV. Literary Past/Cinematic PresentPart V. Monologues and ConfessionsNotesFilmographySelect BibliographyIndex

There is plenty in the book to substantiate Fassbinder's position as the exemplary European filmmaker of his day, plenty to back up the claim staked by the films themselves for an engaged and provocative cinema that can rival Hollywood on its own terms. Sight and Sound