The Society of the Spectacle

May 1, 1974

1h 30m

★ 6.7

Overview

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Simar Films

The Society of the Spectacle Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Narrator (voice)

Guy Debord

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duclos

Self (archive footage)

Robert Fabre

Self (archive footage)

Nino Ferrer

Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Hallyday

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Alexei Kosygin

Self (archive footage)

Mao Zedong

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

4.8

Hollywood Rated 'R'

Jun 19, 1997

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.

0.0

Hands of God

Jul 7, 2020

Thirteen years of war. Dozens of car bombings every month. One goal: to become an Olympic champion. The true story of grit and determination, of young men literally fighting for their lives one day on the battlefields of Iraq and competing to fight for their Nation the next one. Despite living under the persistent threat of ISIS, these athletes will strive to accomplish their task. The amazing journey of the Iraq National Team from obscurity and desperation to the edge of an historical qualification to Rio 2016. Will private Waheed be able to manage his army duty with his desire to go to the Games? Is young Jafaar ready to aspire to the Olympic stage he has been dreaming of, despite living in the most dangerous suburb in the world? Will promising heavyweight Saadi come back from his mission to liberate Falluja? Will Iraq finally be a peaceful Country?

7.3

Marx Can Wait

Jul 15, 2021

"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met before the former died at a young age in the heated days of 1968. This documentary is dedicated to his memory.

4.0

Housewives: A Forgotten History

May 10, 2022

After World War II, many young French women became housewives, convinced that devoting themselves entirely to caring for their families was a noble mission and a means of personal fulfillment.

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5.0

Tax Shelter Terrors

Dec 31, 2017

The first feature-length documentary that fully explores how the toxic social and political Canadian context after 1968 created some of the most nihilistic and imaginative Canadian cult films of the 1970s and 80s and beyond.

8.0

Le Courage au Service du Vivant

Oct 21, 2020

No overview available.

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0.0

Jag tänker på mig själv - och vänstern

Feb 25, 2005

Artist Marianne Lindberg De Geer thinks about her old friends from the 70s, where did they all go?

8.0

Les Trésors du Paris de la Belle Époque

Dec 21, 2020

No overview available.

5.5

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Aug 1, 1977

Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema offers an aggressive détournement to the French mainstream, reifying a Duchampian view of film: "I believe in impossible movies and works without meaning... I believe in the anti-movie. I believe in the non-movie. I believe in Urgent... My first full length movie that is so anti-everything that I sometimes wonder if it really does exist!"

7.0

Auschwitz, la machine de mort nazie

Sep 1, 2021

No overview available.

6.2

The Spark: The Origins of Pride

Jul 24, 2019

A story of the LGBT struggle from the 1960s to the present, after the Stonewall riot sparked the militant action in New York that was to spread around the world. From San Francisco to Paris via Amsterdam, between the first Gay Pride, the election of Harvey Milk, the French "decriminalization", the AIDS epidemic and the first homosexual marriages, these few decades of struggle are embodied through numerous testimonies of actors and actresses of this revolution rainbow.

8.2

Baraka

Sep 15, 1992

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.

7.6

The Last Waltz

Apr 26, 1978

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.

6.5

Holy Surf! - Once Upon a Wave

Jun 5, 2024

The history of surfing is like one long ride in which surfers relay the baton to each other across the years on a single, endless wave. In order to understand how this ancestral Polynesian tradition was able to span the globe and the eras until it became a competitive sport and eventually won a place at the Olympics, we’ll plunge into its history through the exceptional stories of those who allowed it to survive and be reinvented.

8.0

The Golden Age of Songs From Our Childhood

Dec 25, 2020

This 135-minute documentary offers to reopen this magical parenthesis which has seen the birth of a whirlwind of artists with very different styles. From Chantal Goya to Annie Cordy, from Pierre Perret to Carlos. They knew how to bring each in their own way generations of children into their poetic universe.

9.0

La salsa Cubana

Apr 7, 2011

No overview available.

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Narrator (voice)

Guy Debord

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duclos

Self (archive footage)

Robert Fabre

Self (archive footage)

Nino Ferrer

Self (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Hallyday

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Alexei Kosygin

Self (archive footage)

The Society of the Spectacle

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Society of the Spectacle Trailers

Cast

Leonid Brezhnev

Fidel Castro

Guy Debord

Jacques Duclos

Robert Fabre

Nino Ferrer

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Johnny Hallyday

George Harrison

Henry Kissinger

Alexei Kosygin

Mao Zedong

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Cast

Leonid Brezhnev

Fidel Castro

Guy Debord

Jacques Duclos

Robert Fabre

Nino Ferrer

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Johnny Hallyday

George Harrison

Henry Kissinger

Alexei Kosygin

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Jag tänker på mig själv - och vänstern

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The Society of the Spectacle Trailers