让-马里·斯特劳布 Jean-Marie Straub
◎编 剧 达尼埃尔·于伊耶 Danièle Huillet
让-马里·斯特劳布 Jean-Marie Straub
贝托尔特·布莱希特 Bertolt Brecht
◎简 介
An extended shot from a car coursing through the streets of Rome in 1972—which is to say, the ancient Republic in ruins—sets the stage for Straub-Huillet’s complex interpretation of Brecht’s unfinished experimental novel The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar. The work explores history as it has been written by the victors, with their hero worship of tyrannical leaders (whether Caesar or Hitler), and offers an alternate view of history writing as fractured and potentially revolutionary. Caesar’s former slave and former banker are both featured, providing their own differing perspectives on the Emperor’s career in the political, economic, and military life of ancient Rome.