Derrida

2002 · 84 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,007 VOTES · DIR. Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick

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Overview

Documentary about French philosopher (and author of deconstructionism) Jacques Derrida, who sparked fierce debate throughout American academia.

Dialogue Timeline — 571 lines

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00:02:42 [ Woman On TV] Good evening. Later on tonight's late show...
00:06:02 [ Elevator Bell Dings ]
00:07:28 [ Derrida ] This is the blue jacket I have.
00:09:14 leaving his eye open continuously, unblinking.
00:10:44 usually avoid autobiography.
00:12:18 an invisible or indivisible trait...
00:14:54 It may already be located there, already at work.
00:19:23 Since it is not an author, a narrator or a deus ex machina...
00:26:04 The relation to the Other, even if it remains asymmetrical...
00:33:40 [ Marguerite ]
00:44:03 she no longer calls me.
00:45:20 For if I were here writing for my mother...
00:51:32 The difference from within one's Self, which makes it One.
00:53:22 We are part of the previous oppressive community in South Africa.
00:54:50 and the idea of reconciliation...
00:58:25 and the people who watch this think that deconstruction is this...
01:00:04 no, I won't ever see him.
01:05:44 couldn'tbe a philosopher.
01:08:38 and his mother, when she was alive, was there.
01:10:39 [ Interviewer]
01:12:51 That he was kind of foretelling of his imminent death...
01:14:59 [ In French ]
01:18:50 It's perhaps there that we find the secret of secrecy.
01:20:29 No. Um-- No.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed571
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:02:42
Final line01:20:29

Production Record

DirectorAmy Ziering, Kirby Dick
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,007