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Can Dialectics Break Bricks? is a french film of genre Comedy directed by René Viénet released in USA on 1 january 1973 with Patrick Dewaere

Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (1973)

Can Dialectics Break Bricks?
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Released in USA 1 january 1973
Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Comedy,    Action
Rating69% 3.4791253.4791253.4791253.4791253.479125

La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?, in English, "Can Dialectics Break Bricks?", is a 1973 Situationist film produced by the French director René Viénet which explores the development of class conflict through revolutionary agitation against a backdrop of graphic kung-fu fighting.

The film uses 1972 martial arts film Crush by Tu Guangqi, which tells the story of anti-colonialist revolt in Korea during the period of Japanese occupation, for its visuals which has been dubbed over by the filmmakers in an attempt at détournement. The concept and motivation of this film was to adapt a "spectacular" film into a radical critique of cultural hegemony and thus into tools of subversive revolutionary ideals.

The Narrative is based upon a conflict between the proletarian and bureaucrats within state capitalism. The proletarians enlist their dialectics and radical subjectivity to fight their oppressors whilst the bureaucrats defend themselves using a combination of co-optation and violence. The film is noted for its humorous approach to this serious subject matter.

The film also contains many praising references to revolutionaries who thought and fought for the realisation of a post-capitalist world, including Marx, Bakunin, and Wilhelm Reich, as well as scathing criticism towards the French Communist Party, trade unionism and Maoism. Also Subplots dealing with issues of gender equality, alienation, Paris Commune, May 1968, and the Situationist themselves are riddled throughout the film.

Synopsis

Doublage un film chinois de Hong Kong appelé, en anglais, Crush et, en chinois, Tangshou taiquan dao (唐手跆拳道), originellement sorti en 1972, basé sur l'invasion japonaise de la Corée, dans lequel des pratiquants de taekwondo coréens luttent leurs oppresseurs japonais. Le présent film se rattache au mouvement situationniste initié entre autres par Guy Debord. Son scénario détourné traite des prolétaires tentant de venir à bout de bureaucrates violents et corrompus grâce à la dialectique et à la subjectivité radicale. La violence est enfin choisie du fait de l'incapacité des ces derniers à suivre un argument logique. Le dialogue est riche d'allusions anticapitalistes (Marx, Bakounine, Wilhelm Reich) et évoque des thèmes contemporains : conflits syndicaux, égalité des sexes, mai 68, gauche française et les situationnistes eux-mêmes.

Actors

Patrick Dewaere

((voice))Chen Hung-lieh
Roland Giraud
Raoul Curet

((voice))Michèle Grellier

((voice))
And :
Dominique Collignon-Maurin
Jacques Thébault
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