Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in Clichy
This paper will explore the influence of the Situationist International (SI) philosophy upon Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s film adaptation of Quiet Days in Clichy (1970). Whilst acknowledging the film’s place within a wider changing Danish culture, I will aim to show that the film engages with the key Situa...
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| description | This paper will explore the influence of the Situationist International (SI) philosophy upon Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s film adaptation of Quiet Days in Clichy (1970). Whilst acknowledging the film’s place within a wider changing Danish culture, I will aim to show that the film engages with the key Situationist theories of Dérive, Psychogeography and Détournement and that it reflects contemporary societal issues whilst remaining true to Henry Miller’s anarchic and joyful novella. Thorsen was unarguably one of Denmark’s most inventive and revolutionary filmmakers and Quiet Days in Clichy can be viewed in relation to his engagement with the concepts of the SI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73957b004f68477596685720826c65bd2024-02-14T13:19:46ZengEuropean Association for American StudiesEuropean Journal of American Studies1991-933611210.4000/ejas.11624Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in ClichyJennifer CoweThis paper will explore the influence of the Situationist International (SI) philosophy upon Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s film adaptation of Quiet Days in Clichy (1970). Whilst acknowledging the film’s place within a wider changing Danish culture, I will aim to show that the film engages with the key Situationist theories of Dérive, Psychogeography and Détournement and that it reflects contemporary societal issues whilst remaining true to Henry Miller’s anarchic and joyful novella. Thorsen was unarguably one of Denmark’s most inventive and revolutionary filmmakers and Quiet Days in Clichy can be viewed in relation to his engagement with the concepts of the SI.https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/11624Quiet Days in ClichyJens Jorgen ThorsenHenry Millerthe Situationist InternationalPsychogeography |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Cowe Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in Clichy European Journal of American Studies Quiet Days in Clichy Jens Jorgen Thorsen Henry Miller the Situationist International Psychogeography |
| title | Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in Clichy |
| title_full | Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in Clichy |
| title_fullStr | Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in Clichy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in Clichy |
| title_short | Sex and the City: A Situationist Reading of Jens Jorgen Thorsen’s Film Adaptation of Henry Miller’s Quiet Days in Clichy |
| title_sort | sex and the city a situationist reading of jens jorgen thorsen s film adaptation of henry miller s quiet days in clichy |
| topic | Quiet Days in Clichy Jens Jorgen Thorsen Henry Miller the Situationist International Psychogeography |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/11624 |
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