Peter Buchka was film editor of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung for 25 years, publishing his monograph on Wim Wenders, entitled "Augen kann man nicht kaufen", in 1983, as well as a collection of director portraits in "Ansichten des Jahrhunderts". Between 1985-1996, Buchka produced ten hour-long television portraits of New German Cinema directors, limiting himself in these portraits to montages of statements and film clips. Peter Buchka died during summer 1998.

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