Alexander Kluge
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Dispatches from Moments of Calm
An insightful eye-opener for history as something more than linear progress
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To grasp Capitalism
In the current period of global economic crisis, Kluge’s documentary can be seen as a toolbox for investigating what is happening to our modern lives. Marx is relevant because he was occupied by the forces extending our understanding of what it means to be real. But is cinema itself another form of capitalism?