Reviews for Complete Cinematic Works: Scripts, Stills, Documents

The average rating for Complete Cinematic Works: Scripts, Stills, Documents based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-13 00:00:00 Mark Clark Hhmm.. Debord, the Situationists. Being a neoist I occassionally read somewhere that NEOISM has followed in the footsteps of FLUXUS & SITUATIONISM. There's a slight case to be made for this, but not, IMO, that strong of one - esp regarding the latter. It's seems noteworthy that I read something written by a Situationist somewhere long ago that there is no such thing as Situationism - that there are only Situationists. That one statement resonantes profoundly w/ me since I don't think that there's exactly anything called NEOISM - that there're only neoists. Nonetheless, both 'movements' have been oversimplified for historical purposes - in the case of neoism by someone who cd make his career off such oversimplifications. Oh well.. Back to this bk (well, sortof): I've seen some of these movies thanks to my friend Keith Sanborn who subtitles them in English & then releases video copies. He & I teamed up to give what must've been a fairly early English-subtitled screening of "The Society of the Spectacle" in Buffalo in 1995. I like his work but, in a way, it leaves me feeling the way much Andre Breton does: a bit stultified rather than liberated. I wish Debord had made MORE movies b/c having absorbed somewhat what little I've had access to, I feel like it's sortof 'closed' to me now. Still, Debord occupies a fairly unique place in film history - "The Society of the Spectacle" alone is one of the most incisive critiques of capitalism ever made.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-09-15 00:00:00 Nima Hala Hopefully one day this work will come out to the open, where one doesn't have to know someone to see the films of Guy Debord. But then again, that is why Guy Debord is sort of fun. But his writings and films are pretty essential for the modern boy or girl in this disaster that we call the 21st Century. For those who don't know Debord's films, he uses old film footage from Hollywood as well as other sources. And with that one gets a talk or lecture on the soundtrack from M. Debord. It's pretty great. The next best thing to seeing the actual films is to own and read this book. Fully illustrated with film stills from the film plus the script.