The Film as a Means against the Spectacle:Guy Debord's Revolutionary Strategy of Walking out of the Maze of Spectacle
The spectacle,with its strong permeability and concealment,inevitably turns film images into tools to dominate the daily life.In order to save the film from the maze of the spectacle,Guy Debord employs the film as a"weapon"and launches a debate on the unidirectional display of the spectacle by questioning the essence of the film.Firstly,Debord believes that the essence of the film is not art,but rather the reflexivity of images under the rule of spectacle.Secondly,Debord opposes the film by opposing ima-ges in his film creation with the aim of opposing the visual domination of the spectacle.Thirdly,Debord holds that the film is an ef-fective carrier for representing history as he attempts to use the false continuity to represent the whole history and to revitalize history in films which allows people to perceive the world holistically.Finally,Debord thinks that the film is still a powerful tool to break free from the spectacle.Though he has repeatedly claimed that film art is dead,which does not declare its true demise,but to re-construct the film art and expect it to break free from the control of the spectacle,and eventually perfectly regain its artistic status.This is a revolutionary strategy adopted by Debord to break free from the maze of the spectacle concerning the essence of the film.
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