Jean-Luc Nancy
July 26, 1940 · 86 years old
Jean-Luc Nancy (/nɑːnˈsiː/ nahn-SEE; French: [ʒɑ̃lyk nɑ̃si]; 26 July 1940 – 23 August 2021) was a French philosopher. Nancy's first book, published in 1973, was Le titre de la lettre (The Title of the Letter, 1992), a reading of the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, written in collaboratio…
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Smugglers' Songs
Following the death of the notorious smuggler Louis Mandrin his old friends walk in his footsteps and make him popular by composing and singing songs about him. A 2011 French adventure film won the 2011 Prix Jean Vigo award.
Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air
A documentary exploring secret lives, behavior, and extreme levels of human/beast intimacy and communication, focusing on the 'only in New York' story of Antoine Yates and his cohabitation in a Harlem high-rise with 500-pound tige...