We have to watch Stroszek, to prepare us for our trip to the USA, and read Marx, W. says. You have to read Marx, W. says, if you're going to the heart of capitalism. The heart of capitalism, the heart of darkness, W. says. Look what happened to Stroszek himself!
What was left to him but suicide, after the collapse of his American dream? But just before he died, he fed quarters into a coin operated machine in which a chicken dance to music. After he dies, the chicken's still dancing. Still dancing, Sonny Terry's harmonica on the soundtrack …
We have to be prepared for the worst in America, W. says. For the very worst.
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