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IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI

by Guy Debord

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.

international title: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
original title: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
country: France
year: 1978
genre: fiction
directed by: Guy Debord
film run: 100'
release date: FR 03/1978, IT 08/2001, ES 31/01/2020
screenplay: Guy Debord
cast: Duygu Erkan
cinematography by: André Mrugalski
film editing: Stéphanie Granel

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