Essays and articles (translated into English) on film, television, theater, literature
Imitation of Life: On the films of Douglas Sirk
Written in February 1971. First published in English in: Laura Mulvey / Jon Halliday (ed.): Douglas Sirk. Edinburgh 1972. Also in: Film Comment, November/December 1975, and in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
…Shadows, to be Sure, and no Pity: A Few Random Thoughts on the Films of Claude Chabrol
Written in 1975. First published in English in: Sight and Sound, Autumn 1976. Also in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
My Position on Garbage, the City and Death: A Statement
Written in March 1976. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Credited Debit, Debited Credit: On Gustav Freytag’s Novel Debit and Credit and the Aborted Television Version
Written in March 1977. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
The German Cinema Is Being Enriched: A Few Thoughts about a Wonderful Film, Jane Is Jane Forever, by Walter Bockmayer
Written in April 1977. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
“Of despair, and the courage to recognize a utopia and to open yourself up to it:” Two Monologues and a Text on Despair
Written in June 1977, March 1978, and 1977. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
The Third Generation – I. The German Feature Film and Reality, II. A Film – a Title
Written in December 1978. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Chin-up, Handstand, Salto Mortale – Firm Footing: On the Film Director Werner Schroeter, Who Achieved What Few Achieve, with Kingdom of Naples
Written in February 1979. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Introductory Remarks on a Projected Feature Film, Cocaine
Written in 1980. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
The List of My Favorites
Written in 1980. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
The Cities of Humanity and the Human Soul: Some Unorganized Thoughts on Alfred Döblin’s Novel, Berlin Alexanderplatz
Written in March 1980. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Michael Curtiz – Anarchist in Hollywood: Unorganized Thoughts on a Seemingly Paradoxical Idea
Written in December 1980. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Hanna Schygulla – Not a Star, Just a Vulnerable Human Being Like the Rest of Us: Disorderly Thoughts about an Interesting Woman
Written in 1981. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Hitlist of German Films
Written in 1981. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Alexander Kluge Is Supposed to Have Had a Birthday
Written in February 1982. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
Preliminary Remarks on Querelle
Written in 1982. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.
The Sad Eyes of Cannes
Written in May 1982. First published in English in: Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Anarchy of the Imagination. Michael Töteberg / Leo A. Lensing (ed.). The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992.