Name: Rom, so fern wie der Mond
Director: Alexander Kluge
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Heiner Müller

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What is Rom, so fern wie der Mond about?

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Rom, so fern wie der Mond is about movie scenes, montages of images and text, as well as conversations between Alexander Kluge, playwright Heiner Müller and classicist Wilfried Stroh provide a multifaceted insight in the far-away world of Ancient Rome.  The conversation with Müller revolves around Tacitus' representation of the Roman Empire around 112 AD. First, Müller reads passages from the historicist's annals that describe Tiberius' tragic death (37 AD). Kluge and Müller discuss the text's aesthetic qualities. Müller is interested in Tacitus for the aesthetic pleasures rather than out of historical curiosity. He describes Tacitus' style as "transition from chronicle to literature," which manifests in his "elliptical," sometimes laconic narration.

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Who directed Rom, so fern wie der Mond?

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Alexander Kluge directed Rom, so fern wie der Mond.

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