Re: Paris 1968
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 19:37:15 -0400
At 11:02 AM 7/28/97 -0600, Donald Larsson wrote:
>SGC comments:
>"For those of you with genuine questions about what happened in May 1968, I
>will not reprimand you, but suggest a wonderful book that explores the
>intellectual ferment leading up to those events: Greil Marcus's LIPSTICK
>TRACES (Harvard UP, 1989). The Situationists are crucial to the period,
>and Marcus offers a compelling account of their history.
>After that, a must-see film is Godard's WEEKEND, which should be widely
>available on video."
>
>
>Maybe even more must-see is LA CHINOISE, dismissed by some American reviewers
>on release as being out of touch, and then soon after hailed as prophetic!
>
>Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
>
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LIPSTICK TRACES is a great book about literature
music as well as movies. There is a situationist website!
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