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Name
The Language of Revolution. Examples of a Revolutionary Rhetoric, examined by Hans Christoph Buch
Author
Harun Farocki (CZ)
Date of creation
1972
Courtesy of
Harun Farocki Institut
Technique
video
Material
16mm film transferred to HD
Size
45 minutes
This filmic essay explores the definable language of revolution. Harun Farocki brings together examples from speeches by leaders of the French Revolution Danton and St. Just, by Fidel Castro and Malcolm X, by Lenin and Rudi Dutschke. The narration is partly spoken by the author himself and attempts to place each speech (its vocabulary, rhetorical gesture and political aspiration) within the appropriate historical and socio-political context. At the end of the film, Hans Christoph Buch sums up: “To be able to assess a speech or a text, one has to ask: Who is speaking? Who are the audience? When and where did they live? To which class do they belong? What is the audience’s situation? Does the speech they are hearing help them in any way? Does it restore speech to the dumb? Does it make the blind man see?”