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AnextendedshotfromacarcoursingthroughthestreetsofRomein1972—whichistosay,theancientRepublicinruins—setsthestageforStraub-Huillet’scomplexinterpretationofBrecht’sunfinishedexperimentalnovelTheBusinessAffairsofMr.JuliusCaesar.Theworkexploreshistoryasithasbeenwrittenbythevictors,withtheirheroworshipoftyrannicalleaders(whetherCaesarorHitler),andoffersanalternateviewofhistorywritingasfracturedandpotentiallyrevolutionary.Caesar’sformerslaveandformerbankerarebothfeatured,providingtheirowndifferingperspectivesontheEmperor’scareerinthepolitical,economic,andmilitarylifeofancientRome.
