THE POWER OF THE IMAGE | OR THE SURFACE OF THINGS

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Society of the Spectacle (Film) Guy Debord

n 1973 Guy Debord released a film version of the Society of the Spectacle. This is the newer film transfer (higher quality) with voiceover by Dore Bowen and excellent translation provided by Ken Knabb. You have to click the link to watch it on Vimeo.https://vimeo.com/139772287

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

This is the best version of the film I could find online. Note: It may load two silent/absent ads for 15 seconds before the film plays.  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x363le1

HUM 425

Initially focused on the concept of paradigms in the work of Benjamin, Foucault, and Agamben, subsequent semesters of Dr. Thomas’ Thought and Image  featured a variety of texts, concepts, and works of expression. The course remains anchored by the work of Todd Haynes, Ranier Werner Fassbinder, and Douglas Sirk. Conceptualized as a course about “The Power of the Image” (which includes power as potentiality), Haynes’ alternate title for Far From Heaven, “The Surface of Things,” has served as an apt descriptor for the class. 

Image: Sega Pengo (1982)

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