The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

1997
24min

The point of departure for this discussion is the question of whether the collapse of the Soviet Union is dramatic material. Müller answers with this Brechtian sentence: "Oil resists the five acts." He describes how difficult it is to make a dramatic adaptation of structures or massive processes that are not bound to biographies.

The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot

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The point of departure for this discussion is the question of whether the collapse of the Soviet Union is dramatic material. Müller answers with this Brechtian sentence: "Oil resists the five acts." He describes how difficult it is to make a dramatic adaptation of structures or massive processes that are not bound to biographies.
    Released
    16 June 1997
    Runtime
    24min
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    Status
    Released
    Language
    German
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