The Divisions of Nature

Overview

Ruiz on the film: "Les Divisions is a documentary about the Château de Chambord and the title comes from the Divisione of Johannes Scotus (Erigena), the ninth century Irish philosopher (who was a 'realist', although the film is more 'nominalist' in characterization of the castle which presents itself as a representation). I say that it is a representation, since it is neither practical for military purposes (too many doors), nor to live in (too many draughts), but only as pure representation. So for the commentary, I tried to imagine how a Renaissance philosopher would view it in a pastiche of a scholastic or gothic text, then a pastiche of Fichte's Vocation of Man and finally a pastiche of Baudrillard."

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1978

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

France 2 Cinéma,Ina,INA

Director

Raúl Ruiz

Cinematography

Henri Alekan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0077443