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

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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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)

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