A poignant film essay about 'superfluous people' facing up to a moment of crisis in their lives.
Editing
Kluge's associative cuts—newsreels, opera, fiction—collide like history itself.
Writing
Voiceover that philosophizes mid-crisis with dry Teutonic wit.
Direction
Fictional fragments interrupt documentary reality; no safe ground.
Director
Alexander Kluge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kluge shot much of this in leftover time between other projects, stealing actors from nearby sets.
The title quotes Walter Benjamin; Kluge was obsessed with how the 'now' violently erases what came before.
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