Watch two legendary weirdos yell at actors while pretending it's art. Riveting, actually.
This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
Direction
Farocki's invisible hand lets Straub/Huillet hang themselves gloriously.
Editing
26 minutes of rehearsal footage that somehow becomes thesis.
Director
Harun Farocki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is basically Farocki's thank-you note to his film school mentor, which in German cinema counts as a love letter.
The 'Amerika' adaptation they're rehearsing would become Straub/Huillet's 'Class Relations' (1984), so you're watching the birth of a film that almost nobody has seen.
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