Jacques Lacan Speaks

Overview

Typically controversial speech by psychoanalyst/philosopher Lacan is disrupted by a student, ridiculing such public intellectuals. Lacan refuses to allow security to haul off the student, lets him speak and incorporates such criticisms into his presentation. The packed performance took place at the Catholic University of Louvain on October 13, 1972, with Lacan interrelating death, language, love, alienation, paranoia and life. His talk is followed by a probing interview of Lacan on his concepts of psychoanalysis, conducted by the director, Belgian documentarian Francoise Wolff. One of only 2 known filmed appearances by Lacan, both by Wolff, who also made documentaries of Albert Einstein and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1982

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

Belgium

Production

RTBF

Cast

Jacques Lacan,Françoise Wolff

Director

Françoise Wolff

Cinematography

Christian Carez

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0335241