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a.k.a. The New American Cinema Group. Est. 1961.
The largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world.
Détruisez-vous (with its implacable subtitle 'The Silent Gun') was shot between March and April 1968. The title - A film shot in April 1968 - is written on a piece of cardboard, with well-deserved pride: Bard was one of the few at the time to exhibit such clairvoyance. (...) Detruisez-vous is, moreover, a ‘primitive’ film which breaks all the rules of film-making. It’s the first Zanzibar film (and predates the very naming of the movement), an attempt to make a film which defies the rules of production, the production line of commerce.
Contains a 44-page booklet about the film with texts by Alain Jouffroy and Philippe Azoury.
"Détruisez-vous"
France / 1968 / 70' / 35mm / B&W & Color
Bonus film: Souvenirs d'un tournage (Memories from a Film Shoot) 2007 by Jackie Raynal.
Author(s) | Serge Bard |
Artist(s) | Serge Bard, Caroline de Bendern, Alain Jouffrey, Juliet Berto, Theirry Garrel, Olivier Mosset, Jacques Robiolles, Etienne O'Leary |
Format | DVD-5 PAL Interzone, MONO |
Original format | 35mm |
Year | 1968 |
Subtitles | English, German, Spanish, Italian |
Runtime | 88 min |
Publisher | RE:VOIR |
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world. Created by artists in 1961 as the distribution branch of the New American Cinema Group, the Coop has more than 5,000 films, videotapes, and DVDs in its collection.
475 Park Ave South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm