Video

Quelques instants avant le nouvel an

1986, 26:00 minutes, colour, French

TAPECODE 9271

It is New Year's Eve. A mentally deficient man finds shelter in a seedy rooming house. He also finds alcohol, an uncultivated and opinionated individual, and a television which summarizes ten years of global catastrophes and then wishes its viewers a Happy New Year.
Filmed in 1981, this work summarizes the basic nature of television, without the hypocrisy.

La veille du Jour de l'An, un handicapé mental se réfugie dans une maison de chambres miteuse. Il y découvre l'alcool, un individu aux attitudes frustres qu'il vaut mieux singer que contrarier, et une télé qui, après avoir fait l'étalage de dix ans de catastrophes planétaires, souhaite à ses auditeurs un bonne et heureuse année.
Vidéo tourné en 1981: monstrueux, débile, vulgaire, vide, reptilien, bulbeux, laid, simpliste...

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