Excerpts from René Viénet's 1973 film "Can Dialectics Break Bricks?"
"Imagine a kung fu flick in which the martial artists spout Situationist aphorisms about conquering alienation while decadent ...
Excerpts from René Viénet's 1973 film "Can Dialectics Break Bricks?"
"Imagine a kung fu flick in which the martial artists spout Situationist aphorisms about conquering alienation while decadent bureaucrats ply the ironies of a stalled revolution. This is what you'll encounter in René Viénet's outrageous refashioning of a Chinese fisticuff film. An influential Situationist, Viénet stripped the soundtrack from a run-of-the-mill Hong Kong export and lathered on his own devastating dialogue. . . . A brilliant, acerbic and riotous critique of the failure of socialism in which the martial artists counter ideological blows with theoretical thrusts from Debord, Reich and others. . . . Viénet's target is also the mechanism of cinema and how it serves ideology."
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Cool example of detournement in cinema. Radical, self reflexive critique of social hierarchical structures and worker exploitation. Humorously conveyed via the mise en scene of a martial arts film, which in itself becomes a nuanced revision of the genre.
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No, it's the logical conclusion of their own views - to be martyred by a communist is the highest honor for a fascist. So let's show them their worth.
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