Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
CRITIQUE OF SEPARATION
Critique de la séparation
Synopsis
In this anti-film, Debord superimposes subtitles and a documentary-style commentary on a catalogue of newsreel footage, book covers, rephotographed photographs, views of Paris’ neighbourhoods, and seemingly candid footage of him and his friends in wandering between cafes and the street.
Synopsis
In this anti-film, Debord superimposes subtitles and a documentary-style commentary on a catalogue of newsreel footage, book covers, rephotographed photographs, views of Paris’ neighbourhoods, and seemingly candid footage of him and his friends in wandering between cafes and the street.
Our take
Intellectually rigorous yet knowingly parodic, Guy Debord’s quintessential short liberates the intimacy of everyday life from the spurious gloss of spectacle-making cinema. The playful mix of newsreels, reappropriated comic panels, and casual daily footage deftly distills the ethos of Situationism.