In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
Synopsis
A Latin palindrome is the title of Guy Debord's last film, in which he, as narrator, explains that he will make neither concessions to the tastes of his viewers nor to the dominant ideas of his day. After extensively insulting the audience that goes to the cinema to forget its heteronomous life, the film becomes autobiographical, using images from the world of spectacle: advertising brochures, clips from feature films (Les enfants du paradis), comics, aerial footage of Paris, tracking shots through Venice, photographs of friends - all commented on by Debord, with an at times melancholy undertone: "This Paris no longer exists." His assessment is that one of the great pleasures of his life has been the sensation of the passage of time, and as a witness to the disintegration of social order, he has loved his epoch.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Simar Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Carlotta Films
- French distribution : Gaumont
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Gérard Lebovici
- Screenwriter : Guy Debord
- Directors of Photography : André Mrugalski, Richard Copans
- Editor : Stéphanie Granel
- Assistant editor : Christine Noël
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Dalmasso
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Experimental
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1972
- French release : 06/05/1981
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 48988
- Visa issue date : 25/05/1978
- Approval : Unknown
- Color type : Black & White
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