Sun April 12, 2015
Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication: Parts I–II (Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville; France, 1976)
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“Visually astounding and intellectually fertile, it is as though one is seeing television for the first time.” Colin McCabe
(Six Times Two/On and Below Communication)
Godard and Miéville’s concern throughout this television series is to explore the production and consumption of images in modern society, so that we the audience can better understand the construction of images of ourselves. As the title suggests, Six fois deux is composed of six programs, each consisting of two fifty-minute segments. The first segment of each program presents a video essay on some aspect of contemporary life (work, images, photography, television, childhood, love), which is followed by a prolonged interview with one or more individuals—a structure that serves to relate the theoretical concerns of the first half to the experiences of a person. Although each two-part program stands on its own, the experience of viewing the entire series is a rich and rewarding one, as the programs relate to and comment on one another (with the last program functioning as something of a retrospective of the series).
• Please note: This series is screened in French at a low volume with English voiceover.
(200 mins, In French with English voiceover, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Electronic Arts Intermix, permission INA)
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(Six Times Two/On and Below Communication)
Godard and Miéville’s concern throughout this television series is to explore the production and consumption of images in modern society, so that we the audience can better understand the construction of images of ourselves. As the title suggests, Six fois deux is composed of six programs, each consisting of two fifty-minute segments. The first segment of each program presents a video essay on some aspect of contemporary life (work, images, photography, television, childhood, love), which is followed by a prolonged interview with one or more individuals—a structure that serves to relate the theoretical concerns of the first half to the experiences of a person. Although each two-part program stands on its own, the experience of viewing the entire series is a rich and rewarding one, as the programs relate to and comment on one another (with the last program functioning as something of a retrospective of the series).
• Please note: This series is screened in French at a low volume with English voiceover.
(200 mins, In French with English voiceover, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Electronic Arts Intermix, permission INA)
“Visually astounding and intellectually fertile, it is as though one is seeing television for the first time.” Colin McCabe
(Six Times Two/On and Below Communication)
Godard and Miéville’s concern throughout this television series is to explore the production and consumption of images in modern society, so that we the audience can better understand the construction of images of ourselves. As the title suggests, Six fois deux is composed of six programs, each consisting of two fifty-minute segments. The first segment of each program presents a video essay on some aspect of contemporary life (work, images, photography, television, childhood, love), which is followed by a prolonged interview with one or more individuals—a structure that serves to relate the theoretical concerns of the first half to the experiences of a person. Although each two-part program stands on its own, the experience of viewing the entire series is a rich and rewarding one, as the programs relate to and comment on one another (with the last program functioning as something of a retrospective of the series).
• Please note: This series is screened in French at a low volume with English voiceover.
(200 mins, In French with English voiceover, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Electronic Arts Intermix, permission INA)
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(Six Times Two/On and Below Communication)
Godard and Miéville’s concern throughout this television series is to explore the production and consumption of images in modern society, so that we the audience can better understand the construction of images of ourselves. As the title suggests, Six fois deux is composed of six programs, each consisting of two fifty-minute segments. The first segment of each program presents a video essay on some aspect of contemporary life (work, images, photography, television, childhood, love), which is followed by a prolonged interview with one or more individuals—a structure that serves to relate the theoretical concerns of the first half to the experiences of a person. Although each two-part program stands on its own, the experience of viewing the entire series is a rich and rewarding one, as the programs relate to and comment on one another (with the last program functioning as something of a retrospective of the series).
• Please note: This series is screened in French at a low volume with English voiceover.
(200 mins, In French with English voiceover, Color/B&W, Digital video, From Electronic Arts Intermix, permission INA)
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