A Proposition in Four Parts (1985)

"D. W. Griffith’s 1909 short film A Corner in Wheat, a Biblical tale of avarice, divine retribution, and the prolonged suffering of the masses, is the prelude to this political film essay. Straub-Huillet offer a dialectical montage of cause (capitalist greed) and effect (the poverty of the farmer and the urban underclass), and draw from excerpts of their earlier work: Moses und Aaron, Fortini/Cani, and From the Cloud to the Resistance." - MoMA

Released

1985-12-28

Genres

TV Movie, Documentary

Runtime

41 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

TMDB rating

5.0/10 from 3 votes