History Lessons (1972)
A shot from a car coursing through Rome in 1972 opens this interpretation of Brechts unfinished experimental novel The Business Affairs of Mr Julius Caesar In a second part set in contemporary Rome, a young researcher discusses
Communists (2014)
Composed in six parts, Communists Kommunisten re ignites scenes from the diverse filmography of Straub and Huillet, moving from Switzerland to Italy to Egypt, to chart a story of resistance across the 20th century
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2001)
Two directors struggle to survive in the movie industry
Sicilia! (1999)
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife sharp
Fortini/Cani (1976)
The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortinis book I Cani del Sinai Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his alienation from Judaism and from the social relations around him, the rise of Fascism in