One More Effort, Chinamen, if you want to be revolutionaries!
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One more effort, Chinese, if you want to be revolutionaries! (Chinois, encore un effort pour être révolutionnaires) a.k.a. Peking Duck Soup is a 1977 film by Situationist director René Viénet
.
Unlike his earlier films Can dialectics break bricks?
and The Girls of Kamare
, which "detourned
" drama films, in this one, Viénet uses a great variety of sources (particularly archive footage of PRC
leaders) to compose a political documentary sharply critical of Mao
's legacy in China
.
The title is a reference to the pamphlet "Français, encore un effort si vous voulez être républicains" featured in Philosophy in the Bedroom
of Marquis de Sade
.
René Viénet
René Viénet is a French sinologist who is famous as a situationist writer and filmmaker. Viénet used the situationist technique of détournement — the diversion of already existing cultural elements to new subversive purposes.- Career :...
.
Unlike his earlier films Can dialectics break bricks?
Can dialectics break bricks?
La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?, in English, "Can Dialectics Break Bricks?", is a 1973 Situationist film produced by the French director René Viénet which explores the development of class conflict through revolutionary agitation against a backdrop of graphic kung-fu fighting.The film...
and The Girls of Kamare
The Girls of Kamare
The Girls of Kamare is a Situationist film by René Viénet. Unlike Viénet's previous work, Can dialectics break bricks? , The Girls of Kamare includes original 16 mm hardcore inserts shot by Viénet....
, which "detourned
Detournement
A détournement is a technique developed in the 1950s by the Letterist International, and consist in "turning expressions of the capitalist system against itself." Détournement was prominently used to set up subversive political pranks, an influential tactic called situationist prank that was...
" drama films, in this one, Viénet uses a great variety of sources (particularly archive footage of PRC
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
leaders) to compose a political documentary sharply critical of Mao
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
's legacy in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
The title is a reference to the pamphlet "Français, encore un effort si vous voulez être républicains" featured in Philosophy in the Bedroom
Philosophy in the Bedroom
Philosophy in the Bedroom is a 1795 erotic book by the Marquis de Sade written in the form of a dramatic dialogue. Though initially considered a work of pornography, the book has come to be considered a socio-political drama...
of Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...
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External links
- Chinois, encore un effort pour être révolutionnaires at the IMDB
- Chinois, encore un effort pour être révolutionnaires in public domain at UbuWebUbuWebUbuWeb is a large web-based educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet, founded in 1996 by poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.-Philosophy:...