Georges Bataille : Literature And Evil

The only TV interview that exists with Georges Bataille (1958). About his book Literature And Evil. Interviewer: Pierre Dumayet. Translation: hvolsvellir

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[hvolsvellir]

Some people might find it interesting to know that Björk's video of Venus as a Boy is inspired by Bataille's Story of the Eye, one of her favorite books.

[tapeloop1]

NO mamen, soy el primero que en español (mexicano) comenta el video,... esperen a que lo vea Luis Fonseca se va a cagar parado

[hvolsvellir]

No quería decir que estoy el primero para subir este video a youtube, pero simplamente que este es el único video-entrevista con Bataille.

¿Quien es Luis Fonseca?

[imperceptible9]

Bataille was Nieztschean and did not possess a 'soul'. You can see into his body. There is only the body.

[hvolsvellir]

So how come he talks about literature and evil when, as a good Nietzschean he should be beyond good and evil?

He was a Hegelian too, and Hegel goes on and on about the soul despite being an atheist. It's just a figure of speech.

[pharmakeus62]

Georges Bataille is one of the most important thinkers in all history

[FatherJohnCarmody]

What a great interview! I have been trying to figure out why I'm so drawn to art featuring the more detestable taboos and Bataille really put it into perspective for me. Just ordered Encyclopedia Acephalica, can't wait to read more Bataille.

[CrucifiedDionysus]

I've been an avid reader of Nietzsche for nearly 20 years, Foucault for over a decade... I have just started reading Georges Bataille... I must say that his name and his theory belong right up there with such names. Inner Experience and On Nietzsche are so genius it is maddening. There is something about his text that communicates beyond and outside of the text, despite the lack of self-presence in text. It communicates, at the very least, that this mofo knew wtf he was writing about.

[CrucifiedDionysus]

@homonecan What you call insane, I call absolute Genius

[homonecan]

The man was a fucking cryptojewish psychopath...I have seen the first 3 mnutes and its so obvious he was insane...

[mrfreudable]

I just read "The Story Of The Eye" and I'm totally impressed with the freedom of expression that Bataille displays. It's a very dream-like erotic tale that draws you in and makes one feel an accessory and a witness to a beautiful imagination.

[ManilaSyndicate]

Thanks once again for uploading a subtitled video of an unforgettable author from the land that has perhaps produced the most compelling literature in history. No one emerges a literary virgin after reading "The Story of the Eye". It's interesting to see the author of such a radical work could be so soft-spoken and self-effacing. But looking closely one can see a mischievous, deviant twinkle in his eyes.

[bethandsara]

Hmmm...I think so, Chip01.

[147chepe]

por favor, subtitulen este video al español

[defenestration1000]

his books a re too hard