Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1998)

The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time poster
Original title
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Directed by
Alexander Kluge
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film explores how modern life and technology affect how people experience time. It uses a mix of documentary and fiction elements, set in Frankfurt, to show different moments and thoughts about history and the present.

cerebralfragmentarycontemplativehistoricalthoughtfulslowphilosophicalunsettling

What happens

The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (German: Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit) is a film made in West Germany in 1985. It is written and directed by Alexander Kluge. The entire film was filmed in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. The film's working title was Unheimlichkeit der Zeit. An alternate English title of the film is The Blind Director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?