Waxin' & Milkin: A Visual Mixtape
Nov 15

One Plus One / Sympathy For The Devil trailer
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
1968

I’m convinced Godard was so next level that he knew in the future bloggers would carefully select and post enough screengrabs (and trailers) of his films to the point where you can enjoy them without actually having to watch it. Which is totally the case with this movie. Also trailer fail to the dude who misspelled Keith Richard(s).

Movie nerd trivia: Godard was called to England to make a film calling for the legalization of abortion. Shortly after his arrival, though, England relaxed its abortion laws, and his film became unnecessary. Godard agreed to remain in England on the condition that he could make a film with either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. The Beatles declined the offer, but the Stones promptly accepted, claiming they were avid fans of Godard’s work. (via IMDB)

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Oct 20
Complete Annotated Society Of The Spectacle

Wow this was unexpected. Pretty sweet article distilling Debord’s Society of the Spectacle through modern images. The detourner has become the detournee, I suppose.

ED. NOTE: Like any “enlightened” college student, I remember listening to Refused’s The Shape of Punk to Come and being totally obsessed with the Situationists and French philosophy in general; watching grainy horrible quality online videos of Society of the Spectacle amongst all the other arduous videos and essays they’ve put out. Definitely changed my perspective (for the better) and plays a huge part in my interests and political stance. It’s an eye-opener for those interested in Marxism and Post-Modernism to say the least. It’s also pretty rad to watch movies like They Live or The Matrix, and how the message resonates so much more after the fact.

Guy Debord’s classic text, plagarized, with pictures! at This Recording

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