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Joachim Gatti [a film by Jean-Marie Straub]
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Authoritarianism.
- Genre:
- Fiction films
- Short films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 min., 43 sec.)) sound, color
- Other Title:
- Title from IMBD Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière
- Variation de lumière
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2009]
- Language Note:
- In French, with English subtitles
- System Details:
- digital
- sound
- video file
- Summary:
- Straub responds fiercely to the senseless blinding of a French activist filmmaker during a peaceful protest. More generally, Straub, quoting Jean-Jacques Rousseau, assails the capitalist state, abusive police forces, and philosophers who turn a blind eye to injustice, all while applauding the courageous women of the markets who fight for the poor and the marginalized
- Credits:
- Jean-Marie Straub, narrator
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from information on web page (viewed 2024 August 30)
- OCLC:
- 1455084470
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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