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Guy Debord, oeuvres cinématographiques complètes.

After being withheld from circulation for 17 years, all of Guy Debord's films were screened at the 2001 Venice Film Festival and it was announced that they would all be made generally available again. Debord's films attempt to account for the spiritually debilitating alienation of both the...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Dansk-Fransk Experimentalfilm Kompagni, Simar Films, Studio Canal, Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France), Gaumont Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Debord, Guy, 1931-1994 (Director, Screenwriter), Cornand, Brigitte (Director), Debord, Alice, Assayas, Olivier
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:In French.
Published: [France] : Gaumont Video, [2005]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Alienation (Social psychology) > Drama.
Europe > Civilization > 1945- > Drama.
Capitalism > Social aspects > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Short films.
Documentary films.
Experimental films.
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Summary:After being withheld from circulation for 17 years, all of Guy Debord's films were screened at the 2001 Venice Film Festival and it was announced that they would all be made generally available again. Debord's films attempt to account for the spiritually debilitating alienation of both the private and public spheres of everyday life by the forces of market capitalism in Europe after World War II. Hurlements en faveur de Sade is an experimental film consisting mainly of a black or white screen with occasional voice over. Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unité de temps and Critique de la séparation are short films. La société du spectacle is a critique of capitalism, and is followed by Debord's response to reactions to the film. In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni is a critique of consumerism. The last title combines a blankly ironic exploration of the spectacle of French television with some personal notes on Debord's life and his friends.
Item Description:Collective title from container and distributor.
"L'édition DVD ... a été initiée par Alice Debord et conçu avec Olivier Assayas, qui en a assuré la direction."--Accompanying text, page [3].
Originally released as motion pictures from 1952 through 1994.
Booklets housed in DVD containers.
Title on accompanying book: Autour des films (documents); first insert is a facsimile of Guy Debord's Contre le cinéma (1964).
Edition statement from slipcase.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 376 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (135 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) + 3 booklets (18 cm.)
Format:DVD; PAL; region 2.