In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (1978)

Director:

Guy Debord

Writer:

Guy Debord

Stars:

Duygu Erkan

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Duygu Erkan	...	Atesin etrafinda donen kiz (uncredited)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

italy | experimental film | paris france | situationism | semi autobiographical | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

March 1978 (France)

Also Known As:

We Spin Around the Night Consumed by the Fire

Company Credits

Production Co:

Simar Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the movie is a palindrome known as "the Devil's verse." It is Latin for "Gyrating, we go into the night and are consumed by fire."

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Connections

Features The Third Man (1949)

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Soundtracks

"Whisper not"
Music by Benny Golson

User Reviews

go see it, it's fun

A must seen. Debord's anti cinema statement might be considered repellent in his first film (when it is extremist innovation); but in this one, the use of stills upon which the discourse progresses from the evocation of the mechanisms of the society of the spectacle, the alienation by consumption, the oppression of modern society to the deception of imbecile propaganda cinema, transmitting falsehood, to considerations about Paris, the loss of its true spirit and about himself, Guy Debord, is not only an illustration of détournement. It is a beautiful work in which the relation between the image and the narration is incessantly questioned; the two expressions interfere enigmatically, in a secret game of analogies, they collide, complete each others, combine to produce a third element that a linear use of cinematic images produced for the narration would fail to achieve. Not only the political content is pretty up to date but it is simply a beautiful work of modern visual poetry.