An insightful examination on the life and work of New German Cinema master Rainer Werner Fassbinder, "I Don't Just Want You to Love Me" presents friends, actors and collaborators of his many films talking about his work, creativity, behavior, personal life and the magic behind his several films made non-stop in a period of 15 years.

"The Fassbinder Story" narrates the fast and furious life of the German writer-producer-director and, above all, artist Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a life which had all the dynamics of a Hollywood blockbuster. A man who paid the price for a career shaped by ceaseless work and world fame. After his death in 1982, aged only 37, Fassbinder came to leave a total of 44 self-directed films, including two multi-part TV series. The chronological connection between his films, whenever showing autobiographical references to his life, sketches the madness of his being, uniting it with rare footage from film sets and previously undisclosed video and audio recordings into one composite whole.

Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by Amercian studio films of the 1950s and the convention of melodrama (the link most often mentioned is Douglas Sirk). With actor-turned-filmmaker Ulli Lommel as host and guide (he appeared in Fassbinder's very first feature, Love Is Colder Than Death, in 1969), documentary filmmaker Robert Fischer conducts a tour of Hollywood today, pausing to chat with cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and actress Hanna Schygulla # both charter members of Fassbinder's tight-knit stock company of technicians and players # as well as Wim Wenders, who found the toehold in the studio system that Fassbinder never had. The proceedings are liberally sprinkled with clips from Fassbinder's films, as well as glimpses of a theater company in Los Angeles that specializes in performing the director's plays. As Fischer makes clear, Fassbinder's influence on Hollywood is not only still being felt today, but is gathering a dramatic force that will serve to introduce his oeuvre to a new generation of moviegoers.

影片讲的是，忠厚本分的年轻人皮特是个泥瓦匠，他十分孝顺父母，还亲自为他们造了一所房子。然而父母对他的态度似乎并没有因此而好转。之后，他遇上了心爱的女人艾瑞卡。他们一起搬到了慕尼黑，然而，生活的重压，金钱上的困窘却让皮特这个年轻人渐渐改变，最终沦为了阶下囚，而这一切只是为了让妻子爱他…… 　　该片被一些评论家认为是莱纳尔·沃纳尔·法斯宾德的最佳电影代表作。

影片讲的是，忠厚本分的年轻人皮特是个泥瓦匠，他十分孝顺父母，还亲自为他们造了一所房子。然而父母对他的态度似乎并没有因此而好转。之后，他遇上了心爱的女人艾瑞卡。他们一起搬到了慕尼黑，然而，生活的重压，金钱上的困窘却让皮特这个年轻人渐渐改变，最终沦为了阶下囚，而这一切只是为了让妻子爱他…… 　　该片被一些评论家认为是莱纳尔·沃纳尔·法斯宾德的最佳电影代表作。

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was probably Germany’s most significant post-war director. His swift and dramatic demise at the early age of 37 in 1982 left behind a vacuum in European filmmaking that has yet to be filled, as well as a body of unique, multi-layered and multifarious work of astonishing consistency and rigour. From 1969 onwards, Danish director and film historian Christian Braad Thomsen maintained a close yet respectfully distanced friendship with Fassbinder. Fassbinder – Lieben ohne zu fordern is based on his personal memories as well as a series of conversations and interviews he held with Fassbinder and his mother Lilo in the 1970s. The film also contains current interviews with Irm Hermann and Harry Baer, both of whom were close to Fassbinder. Beginning with Fassbinder’s extraordinary childhood in traumatised post-war Germany, the film, which is divided into seven chapters, provides an illuminating, intimate and moving tribute that bears witness to the enduring relevance of both the man and his work. Today in particular his oeuvre continues to provoke us to engage with controversy and tension – be it aesthetical, creative or critical. berlianle 2015

法斯宾达，是德国电影史上的怪才大师。二十岁起创作作品已遍及剧场、电影和电视，是早期德国新电影重要的一员。性格喜怒无常的他，感情生活扑朔迷离，男人女人都为他倾倒、自愿受他的奴役折磨。 37岁便因为嗑药酗酒过量致死，英年早逝更使他充满神奇色彩。 本片导演走访多位法斯宾达生前重要的合作夥伴和情人，尝试勾勒出这位传奇人物背后的深层影响， 带领观众走进法斯宾达如行走于刀锋上的创作主题与生命情调。

一个没票的年青人想进电影院看正待放映的法宾斯德的电影《恐惧吞噬灵魂》，一个年老的坚持原则的检票人始终不让他进去，年青人是法宾斯德的忠实影迷，而《恐惧吞噬灵魂》是他一直渴望看到的电影，于是他使用各种办法甚至苦苦哀求老者，检票人会放他进去吗？他们之间那场荒诞离奇的追逐会得到完满的结果吗？这部21分钟的短片不仅仅表现的是对电影的执着和热爱，可能还有对人生，理想和现实的思考，看过影片后，如果能让我们有一点感动和启发就是好作品了。导演 Alexander Doulerain是著名的莫斯科幽灵电影工作室的另一位重要人物，与之前曾经介绍过的Alejnikov兄弟一样都属于俄罗斯优秀的独立电影创作者，《看一部法宾斯德电影的欲望》是他的代表作之一。

某电影摄制组正进行拍摄，主创人员却出现意见分歧，导演盖寓向编剧默默求助，请她修改剧本。默默告诉盖寓，剧本虽经领导通过，但反映的却不是真实生活。两人又陷入苦闷中。外面是炎炎夏日，摄影棚里却在赶拍一场发生在隆冬的戏。著名女演员舒华白天辛苦拍戏，回到久别的家中看到房间里乱作一团，不禁失神。摄制组与宾馆达成一项协议，宾馆提供场地拍戏，然后借电影扬名，双方均能从合作中获益。但因拍摄延期，宾馆方面表示不满。制片主任东求西告，想办法让摄制工作不突破预算，维持摄制组的正常运转；舒华为使拍摄顺利，不得不“走穴”挣钱，却在演出传统节目时被观众嘲笑；默默想使剧本揭示出生活的真谛与盖寓在一起苦苦探讨。电影终于拍完了，每个人又重新回到自己的生活中。