"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
Unfortunately the movie A Proposition in Four Parts is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Director |
Editing | Jean-Marie Straub | Editor |
Editing | Danièle Huillet | Editor |
Directing | Danièle Huillet | Director |
Production | Enrico Ghezzi | Producer |