Marat explains the plight of the people. Clip from the film version of the play The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade.
Jean Paul Marat (1743-93} Born Neuchatel, travelled to Britain, and obtained degree @StAndrews, supported Wilkes, became a journalist, "L'Ami du People", a searing denunciation of authority, called for a dictatorship of the people. In the name of the people! September 1792, member of the vigilance committee, & responsible for Paris prisons, A Jabobin, in conflict with Girondins. 13 July 1793, murdered, by Charlote Corday, 25 yrs old aristocrat, royalist, viva Marat! Long live marat!
These are the men who owned everything and everyone, look at them now; where are they now? Daily they offer their heads, to the guillotine, to save them from interminable, boredom
Although I was 17 in 1966 never got to see the original live performance, just remember seeing this film, a few times. However I made a large painting in 1975, of an execution, inspired by this movie.
Jean Paul Marat (1743-93} Born Neuchatel, travelled to Britain, and obtained degree @StAndrews, supported Wilkes, became a journalist, "L'Ami du People", a searing denunciation of authority, called for a dictatorship of the people. In the name of the people! September 1792, member of the vigilance committee, & responsible for Paris prisons, A Jabobin, in conflict with Girondins. 13 July 1793, murdered, by Charlote Corday, 25 yrs old aristocrat, royalist, viva Marat! Long live marat!
bohemiastudios 3 years ago
Brilliant film, long live the revolution!
bohemiastudios 3 years ago
These are the men who owned everything and everyone, look at them now; where are they now? Daily they offer their heads, to the guillotine, to save them from interminable, boredom
bohemiastudios 4 years ago
Really dig the tomatoe soup bit.
bohemiastudios 4 years ago
Although I was 17 in 1966 never got to see the original live performance, just remember seeing this film, a few times. However I made a large painting in 1975, of an execution, inspired by this movie.
bohemiastudios 4 years ago