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Jacques Derrida, Memoirs of the Blind

Director(s): Jean-Paul Fargier

The painter Valerio Adami reminisces about Jacques Derrida as follows: "He loved Ribera's painting of a blind man touching a Greek sculpture, and the idea that one can attain a different kind of knowledge by closing one's eyes." In this documentary, the philosopher compares the gestures of draftsmen with those of the blind; the film was made on the occasion of the exhibition curated by Jacques Derrida "Memoirs of the Blind: the Self-Portrait and Other Ruins" (Musée du Louvre, October 1990 – January 1991).

Genre

Documentary

Copyright

1990

Length

52 minutes

Producer(s)

Serge Lalou, Les Films d’Ici ; Dominique Païni, Musée du Louvre

Co-producer(s)

Duran

Commercial distribution

Les Films d’Ici

Non-commercial distribution

Ministère des Affaires étrangères – Cultures France