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René Viénet

Born January 1, 1944 · Le Havre, France (age 82)

René Viénet is a French sinologist who is famous as a situationist writer and filmmaker. Viénet used the situationist technique of détournement — the diversion of already existing cultural elements to new subversive purposes. After completing his studies in Sinology in Paris, he moved to China but he was expelled in 1966 for his critical approach towards the Maoist regime. In the 1970s, he worked …

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One More Effort, Chinamen, if you want to be revolutionaries!One More Effort, Chinamen, if you want to be revolutionaries! · 1977
One More Effort, Chinamen, if you want to be revolutionaries!
★ 7.41977
MovieDocumentary
Unlike his earlier films "Can Dialectics Break Bricks?" and "The Girls of Kamare", which "detourned" drama films, in this one, Viénet uses a great variety of sources (particularly archive footage of People's Republic of China leaders) to compose a political documentary sharply critical of Mao's legacy in China. The title is a reference to the pamphlet "Français, encore un effort si vous voulez être républicains" featured in "Philosophy in the Bedroom" of Marquis de Sade.
The Girls of KamareThe Girls of Kamare · 1974
The Girls of Kamare
★ 5.31974
Movie
A Situationist film by Rene Vienet that juxtaposes musings on film, censorship, and society with Japanese pinky film Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom.
Can Dialectics Break Bricks?Can Dialectics Break Bricks? · 1973
Can Dialectics Break Bricks?
★ 6.81973
MovieComedyAction
A Hong Kong martial arts movie redubbed by situationist René Viénet. The narrative focuses on a conflict between proletarians and bureaucrats within state capitalism. The proletarians enlist their grasp of dialectics in the fight against their oppressors, while the bureaucrats defend themselves using a combination of co-optation and violence.

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