Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (1 of 2)

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."

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Situationist
• Anarchist
• Anarchy
• Detournement
• Viénet
• Debord
• Revolution

[Zanturaeon]

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.

[marvinheemeyerful]

@theemonumental this is the most depressingly cynical video comment i've ever read

[BioEvisu]

"Je vais aiguiser ma dialectique... sur des situations" quoi? "bandantes"? mais c'est complètement craqué!

[Blacklemon67a]

lol at the noises at 2:05

[Badeschuh]

@ theeminumental: Its a very sad and cruel time, when people think in this ways.

[gpo66]

for a first thing this shows how french films can be taken so seriously

[fishladder2]

惡搞 ( Detournement ) 禮義廉

ubu dot come slh film slh vienet dot h t m l

[haranoe]

You are actually a woman, aren't you? :)

[theemonumental]

Essential viewing if you want a career in youth marketing.

[MaryStewart]

zzzzzzzzzz!