IN DANGER AND DIRE DISTRESS THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD LEADS TO DEATH

Directed by Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz

1974 / 86min

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.