If the film is active, the spectator becomes passive; that’s a very general rule. Hollywood films try to persuade the audience to give up their own experience and follow the more organized experience of the film. In my opinion, the opposite is right.
– Alexander Kluge
For more insights into the work and ideologies of a leading New German filmmaker, read the whole Film Comment Interview (from Nov/Dec 1974).
Top Image: A still from Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (Alexander Kluge, 1968).
