{"product_id":"the-darkroom","title":"The Darkroom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Darkroom\u003c\/em\u003e contains the script for Marguerite Duras' 1977 radically experimental film \u003cem\u003eLe camion\u003c\/em\u003e (The Truck), as well as four manifesto-like propositions in which Duras protests that most movies \"beat the imagination to death\" because they \"are the same every time they are played.\" She also accuses the gatekeepers of traditional cinema of treating intelligence as if it were a \"class phenomenon\" and distinguishes her own approach: a cinema based on ideas and sensory experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dialogue with Michelle Porte at the end of the book, Duras further describes her filmmaking style, discussing everything from her biography to her critique of Marxism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Alta Ifland \u0026amp; Eireene Nealand, and featuring an introduction by Jean-Luc Nancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Contra Mundum Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54379457118574,"sku":"9781940625447","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_2fe0f703-3d86-4bcb-bf20-e0f1ac487afd.jpg?v=1784844923","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/the-darkroom","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}