Heraclitus the Dark
1967 · 20 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 43 VOTES · DIR. Patrick Deval
Overview
Deval shot “Héraclite l’obscur” in Tunisia in 1967, with his then-girlfriend and editor Jackie Raynal, in 35 mm and in color. He was the first Zanzibar member to shoot a film not only outside of Paris but also in an exotic location. “Héraclite l’obscur” is described by its author as a “philosophical peplum”. – spectacle theater
Dialogue Timeline — 118 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 Dark Heraclitus
00:01:31 This world, constructed in a uniform manner, for each and every one of us
00:01:53 Heraclitus came down from the mountain.
00:02:14 He who possessed the absolute power of speech
00:02:40 oh, the soul, the soul, the beauty of the world
00:02:59 At the end of the day, everything is created by desire
00:03:21 There is only one life, burning, eternal.
00:04:06 Word and eternity. Father and son. God and man.
00:04:32 We are and we are not.
00:04:53 The sun, big as a man's foot.
00:05:28 and abandon their city to the children
00:05:51 It's Heraclitus the loudmouth
00:07:20 and sing the phallic hymn, they'd commit great sacrilege.
00:08:31 He made for the temple of Artemis.
00:10:14 Heraclitus, full of hate for his origins
00:10:33 And Greece, supreme beauty, is sinking.
00:10:57 Lightning drives the universe.
00:11:22 Whereas, although language is common to all.
00:11:46 Man will perhaps escape the tactile fire
00:13:17 And thus swells up with dropsy.
00:14:40 The surveyor, who has spent many years studying circles
00:14:56 The surveyor studying his circles is merely a degenerate bastard.
00:16:19 You know how to ally enthusiasm with inner cold.
00:16:59 Cover me in mud.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed118
Dialogue density5.9 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line00:16:59
Production Record
DirectorPatrick Deval
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes43