Guy Debord - La Soci?t? du Spectacle (1973)

Date: 2002
Media type: Audio/Video
Audio format: MP3
Audio bitrate: 128 kbps
Video format: x264
Video attributes: 704x560, 25 fps
Quality: Good

French Title: La Societe du Spectacle English Title: Society of the Spectacle Director: Guy Debord Year: 1973 Language: French Subtitles: English Video Codec: x264 Video Bitrate: 993 kb/s Resolution: 704x560 (1.26:1) [~34:27] Qf: 0.101 bits/pixel Framerate: 25.000 Audio Specs: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio Bitrate: 118 kb/s (59/ch, stereo) VBR Fs: 48000 Hz Runtime: 01:27:19 (130,965 fr) Source: DVD Description: Self-proclaimed leader of the Situationist International, Guy Debord was certainly responsible for the longevity and high profile of Situationist ideas, although the equation of the SI with Guy Debord would be misleading. Brilliant but autocratic, Debord helped both unify situationist praxis and destroy its expansion into areas not explicitly in line with his own ideas. His text The Society of the Spectacle remains today one of the great theoretical works on modern-day capital, cultural imperialism, and the role of mediation in social relationships. Guy Debord's revolutionary 90 minute film took a year to make and incorporates footage from many famous films, Soviet and Polish films, industrial films, American Westerns, soft-core porn films, news footage, advertisements, and many still photographs. Events such as the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald (who assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963), the revolutions in Spain in 1936, Hungary in 1956 and in Paris in 1968, and people such as Mao Tse Tung, Richard Nixon, and the Spanish Anarchist Durruti are represented. Throughout the movie, there is both a voiceover (of Debord) and inter-titles from "Society of the Spectacle" but also texts from the Committee of Occupation of the Sorbonne, Machiavelli, Marx, Tocqueville, Emile Pouget, and Soloviev. The innovative use of subtitles and intertitles is part of Debord?s goal ?to problematize reception? and force the viewer to be active. The spectacle, as Debord reminds us, "is not a collection of images, but a relationship among people mediated by images." Included are the english and french texts of The Society of the Spectacle and the english text of Comments on The Society of the Spectacle. IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070712/ ************************** FREAKYFLICKS *************************** Freakyflicks is a free and open community dedicated to preserving and sharing cinematic art in the digital era. Our goal is to disseminate such works of art to the widest audience possible through the channels provided by P2P technology. The Freakyflicks collection is limited to those films that have played an exceptional role in the history of cinema and its progression in becoming a great art. Films that are usually described as classic, cult, arthouse and avant-garde. If you have films that fit this description feel free to share them and participate in our community. All you need do is include this tag in your upload and join us at the forum to announce your release. www.freakyflicks.tk 'If we all seed just 1:1, give at least what we take, this torrent will NEVER DIE'