I just watched "History Lessons" today in my Film Class. I was quite excited, my expectations were high and I was ready. It started off ok, but just got worse and worse over the 90 minutes which seemed like 4 or 5 hours. I understand it's a very Brechtian idea from a couple of radical directors, but 30 minutes of this film is a guy driving around Rome. Another 30 minutes is two men sitting in silence. One minute of it is a water fountain. And the remaining 29 minutes is two German actors talking about Julius Caesar, but only about half of what the actors said was translated to the subtitles.
Although I do believe this film accomplished what it set out to do; to make absolutely no sense and to be totally unenjoyable.
Although I do believe this film accomplished what it set out to do; to make absolutely no sense and to be totally unenjoyable.