The Patriot

by Richard Langston

Revitalizes Alexander Kluge's classic 1979 film, showing it to be not just great storytelling but also an exploration of the poetic force of Frankfurt School Critical Theory.

Alexander Kluge achieved his breakthrough at the 1966 Venice Biennale with his first feature, Yesterday Girl (Abschied von gestern), but it is arguably his 1979 film The Patriot (Die Patriotin) that first embodied the great heights his storytelling could reach. Titled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164014076X
• ISBN13: 9781640140769
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.4"