Every Day Words Disappear

Original Title: Every Day Words Disappear | Michael Hardt on the Politics of Love

15' | 2016 (Completed)

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Director:	Johan Grimonprez
Writer:	Johan Grimonprez

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In 1515, Machiavelli stated that it would be better for the Prince to be feared than loved. Some 500 years later, Michael Hardt, political philosopher and co-author of 'Empire, Multitude and Commonwealth', asks what it would mean to base a political system on love, rather than on fear.

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How can we transform a society that is increasingly defined by a permanent state of war and cultivated by an industry of fear? How can we realise the paradigm shift necessary to move away from a reality that depends on the exploitation of people and the cult of privatising public resources? Hardt looks for an answer in what he calls 'the commons', by which he refers not only to natural resources, but also to the languages we create- and the relationships we conceive together.In the dystopian city-state Alphaville in Godard's eponymous film, all words and concepts relating to the idea of love and affection have been banned. When actress Anna Karina tries to express her feelings, she has to reinvent the words, for the concept of love is foreign to her. Like the protagonist in Alphaville, Hardt suggests that we need to redefine the tools to act together politically. Hardt embarks on a journey to identify the transformative powers of the ongoing struggle to re-invent democracy. Within this struggle he understands 'the commons' as an antidote against a society run by fear; an inspiration for a paradigm that is based on dialogue and co-operation.

Credits

Director
Johan Grimonprez
Writer
Johan Grimonprez
Cast
Michael Hardt
Editing
Sabine Groenewegen
Photography
Nicole Mackinlay Hahn
Sound
Andrew Brzozowski

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Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
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Year of production

2016
Production status
Completed
Original title
Every Day Words Disappear | Michael Hardt on the Politics of Love

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Running time
15'
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2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
stereo (2.0)
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Colour
Colour

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2016: Contour 7, Rencontres Internationales, Hacking Habitat, MIT school for Architecture & Planning

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Contour, Museumcultuur Strombeek

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Flanders State of the Art Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie

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