The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time

1985 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 173 VOTES · DIR. Alexander Kluge

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Overview

A poignant film essay about 'superfluous people' facing up to a moment of crisis in their lives.

Dialogue Timeline — 677 lines

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00:14:24 Quite.
00:19:12 who realized mankind's old dream:
00:22:23 For God's sake, no! - Leaving doesn't mean giving up.
00:28:13 For 100 years people have led provisional lives.
00:33:31 but no longer nine months later.
00:36:54 But you don't have any arguments.
00:39:58 to listen to my knowledgeable colleague
00:42:04 which, in an emergency, swing from accelerator to brake.
00:52:17 Outwork.
00:56:10 So you were automatically married, out of politeness, as it were.
00:59:11 No, I don't want to!
01:05:55 I have no grounds to blame myself or the child.
01:12:52 and maybe she will remember later how well I treated her".
01:15:16 The heating must be off. She likes to have her arms on the cover
01:19:45 They want this period to be long.
01:24:57 Indeed, the apparatus projects 24 frames every second.
01:28:20 The soldiers...
01:30:09 All strange figures in the film
01:32:54 The reporter had a suspicion.
01:34:48 It'd be simpler for a blind director.
01:36:26 he's got things under control.
01:38:28 Blindness, for the insurer... ...is not grounds to stop working.
01:41:03 in black and white, and a sad... - Who's black? She or he?
03:02:02 10 documentaries...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed677
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:14:24
Final line03:02:02

Production Record

DirectorAlexander Kluge
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes173