In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

1974 · 86 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 237 VOTES · DIR. Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz

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Overview

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.

Dialogue Timeline — 582 lines

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00:00:02 A film by Alexander Kluge
00:06:39 Oh, in China? As I happened to be there
00:08:27 Thank you.
00:15:13 Nice.
00:19:14 even if it does not want to."
00:21:46 What is the ground, in regards to raising the level of our spying?
00:25:16 We block it. But in order not to harm the audience
00:29:38 Our management methods are traditional and informal, theirs are organised.
00:33:10 Those from Palatinate to Bavaria, Bavarians to the Rhineland.
00:35:59 But you, you write poetry!
00:37:26 You'll never be alone again.
00:40:00 You're living
00:43:51 I represent a field that meshes more and more with other fields.
00:45:30 and suddenly turns into a neutron star?
00:47:50 is not correct. It's not true.
00:59:41 What you did is beyond the pale.
01:01:24 Before all countries are on fire!
01:03:07 so that there is no risk
01:04:40 Your policy is to keep people from defending themselves.
01:08:19 I even enjoyed it. Those speedy young people. They chanted protest slogans.
01:11:09 You know our Republic rejects it
01:18:54 What nature doesn't destroy, is destroyed by man.
01:21:18 If you'd let me finish my sentence, you'd understand why I say that.
01:24:25 Of Babette at the door only the tail shows anymore.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed582
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:24:25

Production Record

DirectorAlexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes237