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Available
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Collection
Publication
AK Press (2005), 270 pages
Description
Guy Debord (1931-1994) was the most influential member of the Situationist International, the avant-garde group that helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France. His book The Society of the Spectacle is considered by some to be the most important theoretical book of the 20th century. But while Debord's written work is some of the most notorious in the world of political and cultural radicalism, his films have remained tantalisingly inaccessible. Knabb's translation accompanies that long awaited English versions of these films. Illustrated with 62 stills.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
270 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
1902593839 / 9781902593838
Call number
AHC.DEG.CCW
Library's review
Guy Debord (19311994) was the most influential member of the Situationist International, the avant-garde group that triggered the May 1968 revolt in France.
While Debord's written work (including The Society of the Spectacle) is some of the most notorious in the world of political and cultural
Ken Knabb's translation of Debord's Complete Cinematic Works accompanies the long-awaited English versions of these films, which will be coming soon to the United States. The scripts are illustrated with 62 stills, and Debord's own annotations help elucidate the subtleties of these astonishing works, unparalleled in cinematic history.
While Debord's written work (including The Society of the Spectacle) is some of the most notorious in the world of political and cultural
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radicality, deemed "the cornerstone clich of postmodernism," his films have until now remained tantalizingly inaccessible.Ken Knabb's translation of Debord's Complete Cinematic Works accompanies the long-awaited English versions of these films, which will be coming soon to the United States. The scripts are illustrated with 62 stills, and Debord's own annotations help elucidate the subtleties of these astonishing works, unparalleled in cinematic history.
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Pages
270