The Darkroom

The Darkroom - Paperback

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The Darkroom - Paperback

The Darkroom - Paperback

by Marguerite Duras
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Book Overview

The Darkroom contains the script for Marguerite Duras' 1977 radically experimental film Le camion (The Truck), as well as four manifesto-like propositions in which Duras protests that most movies "beat the imagination to death" because they "are the same every time they are played." She also accuses the gatekeepers of traditional cinema of treating intelligence as if it were a "class phenomenon" and distinguishes her own approach: a cinema based on ideas and sensory experience.


In the dialogue with Michelle Porte at the end of the book, Duras further describes her filmmaking style, discussing everything from her biography to her critique of Marxism.


Translated by Alta Ifland & Eireene Nealand, and featuring an introduction by Jean-Luc Nancy.
ISBN9781940625447
Author Marguerite Duras
PublisherContra Mundum Press
GenreNews & politics and Arts
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages152
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Marguerite Duras

One of France's most important literary figures, MARGUERITE DURAS is best known in the United States for her novel The Lover, and for her brilliant film script Hiroshima, Mon Amour. She is also the author of many other acclaimed novels (The Ravishing of Lol Stein) and screenplays (Détruire, dit-elle). Born in Saigon in 1914 and died in Paris in 1996.

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