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''"'''La Société du Spectacle''' (Society of the Spectacle) is a black and white 1973 film by the Situationist Guy Debord based on his 1967 book of the same title. It was Debord's first feature-length film. It uses found footage and detournement in a radical criticism of mass marketing and its role in the alienation of modern society. The 88 minute film took a year to make and incorporates footage from feature films, industrial films, news footage, advertisements, and still photographs.[1] The films include The Battleship Potemkin, October, Chapaev, The New Babylon, The Shanghai Gesture, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Rio Grande, They Died with Their Boots On, Johnny Guitar, and Mr. Arkadin, as well as other Soviet films. " (Source: [http://www.ubu.com/film/debord_spectacle.html Ubuweb])''<br> | |||
Runtime: ~88 minutes | |||
''"'''Class Wargames''' presents: Guy Debord's 'The Game of War'. For Debord, The Game of War wasn't just a game - it was a guide to how people should live their lives within Fordist society. By playing, revolutionary activists could learn how to fight and win against the oppressors of spectacular society." (Source: [http://vimeo.com/17116481 ClassWargames on Vimeo])''<br> | |||
Runtime: ~26 minutes | |||
'''Starts at 8pm in the Large Project Space, all welcome!!!''' | |||
=Film suggestions:= | =Film suggestions:= | ||
Revision as of 21:53, 10 November 2012
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Society of the Spectacle && The Game of War
"La Société du Spectacle (Society of the Spectacle) is a black and white 1973 film by the Situationist Guy Debord based on his 1967 book of the same title. It was Debord's first feature-length film. It uses found footage and detournement in a radical criticism of mass marketing and its role in the alienation of modern society. The 88 minute film took a year to make and incorporates footage from feature films, industrial films, news footage, advertisements, and still photographs.[1] The films include The Battleship Potemkin, October, Chapaev, The New Babylon, The Shanghai Gesture, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Rio Grande, They Died with Their Boots On, Johnny Guitar, and Mr. Arkadin, as well as other Soviet films. " (Source: Ubuweb)
Runtime: ~88 minutes
"Class Wargames presents: Guy Debord's 'The Game of War'. For Debord, The Game of War wasn't just a game - it was a guide to how people should live their lives within Fordist society. By playing, revolutionary activists could learn how to fight and win against the oppressors of spectacular society." (Source: ClassWargames on Vimeo)
Runtime: ~26 minutes
Starts at 8pm in the Large Project Space, all welcome!!!
Film suggestions:
Put your suggestions here:
- Alles moet nieuw - Piet Zwart
- Alphaville
- Dogville
- Themroc
- Brazil
- Idiocracy
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- The Bourne Legacy Jonas, you want to watch it together with us over Skype?
- Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991)
Previously watched films:
- They Live (We Sleep)
- VHS Movie Night with: The Day Time Ended
- All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace 2011