Howlings in Favour of De Sade

1952 · 64 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 211 VOTES · DIR. Guy Debord

Howlings in Favour of De Sade poster

Overview

Debord directed his first film, "Hurlements en faveur de Sade" in 1952 with the voices of Michele Bernstein and Gil Holman. The film has no actual images; instead, it shows bright white when there is speaking and black when there is not. Long silences separate speaking parts. The film ends with 24 minutes of black silence.

Dialogue Timeline — 186 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:27 Howls for Sade, a film by Guy-Ernest Debord.
00:01:03 Love is valid only in a pre-revolutionary period.
00:01:29 Crib sheet for the history of film:
00:02:20 If you wish, we can move on to a discussion.
00:02:53 A sizable commando of some thirty lettrists
00:03:20 In other respects they are indistinguishable from each other.
00:05:49 He was well aware that nothing of his exploits would remain...
00:07:15 the conscious creation of situations.
00:08:21 We are powerless.
00:10:15 the catastrophic haste that led him to destroy himself;
00:10:53 or because of any changes...
00:18:47 The first marvel is to come before her without knowing how to talk to her.
00:19:17 Jack the Ripper was never caught.
00:19:40 You are fifteen years old.
00:20:03 Nevertheless...
00:25:20 Jean-Isidore, in order to get out of that ephemeral crowd.
00:28:28 who is usually in a state of imbecility
00:28:55 A sea of oil.
00:33:07 Rape, which is forbidden, becomes banal in our memories.
00:33:32 But all those people were so commonplace.
00:41:51 Twelve-and-a-half-year-old Madeleine Reineri
00:42:19 I love you.
00:42:36 Would you like an orange?
01:09:02 of Doctor Caligari.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed186
Dialogue density2.9 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:09:02

Production Record

DirectorGuy Debord
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes211