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Proposition in four parts [by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub].

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, film director. .
Huillet, Danièle, film director. .
Straub, Jean-Marie, film director. .
Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher, film distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Avarice--Drama.
Avarice.
Capitalism--Drama.
Capitalism.
Income distribution--Drama. .
Income distribution.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (41 min.)
Place of Publication:
New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film 1985
Summary:
Straub-Huillet offer a dialectical montage of films that demonstrate cause (capitalist greed) and effect (the poverty of the farmer and the urban underclass), beginning with the complete D.W. Griffith film Corner in wheat, and then drawing from excerpts of their earlier work: Moses and Aaron, Fortini/Cani, and From the cloud to the resistance.
Participant:
Corner in wheat: Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson, W. Chrystie Miller.
Notes:
Title is part of the Projectr EDU collection
Description based on online resource; title from title screen
OCLC:
1343081644
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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