By Dr Grey

Howlings In Favor Of Sade
(Hurlements en faveur de Sade)
By Guy-Ernest Debord, 1952

Just as the projection was about to begin, Guy-Ernest Debord was supposed to step onto the stage and make a few introductory remarks. Had he done so, he would simply have said: �There is no film. Cinema is dead. No more films are possible. If you wish, we can move on to a discussion.� � —Voice 5, Howlings In Favor Of Sade

"Composed of textual collages spoken over white screens alternating with moments of silence over black screens, the film is a scandal at the time of its release. It ends with the most famous black-out in the history of avant-garde cinema: 24 minutes of silence and darkness. Howls in favour of disappearance and perdition, howls against all images, against the spectacle and its hypnotizing effects, against false communication." —Vincent Kaufmann

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Language: French [English subtitles included (.srt)]
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