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1、CULTUREMACHINEVOL10•2009DEBORD’SNOSTALGICALGORITHMAlexanderR.Galloway'IawaittheendofCinemawithoptimism’,Jean-LucGodardannouncedin1965.Andindeedtheendwasnear.'Thecinemaseemstometobeover’,wasGuyDebord'sbluntassessmentbythespringof1978.Muchhappenedinthoseinterveningyears,withtheprogressiveexplo
2、sionofthemiddletolatesixtiesengenderingacrisisandretrenchmentintheearlytomiddleseventies.Thetransformationwasevidentinanumberofeventsandpseudo-events:studentrevoltsinParisandelsewhere,theFrenchleft'sflirtationwithMaoismandothermilitancies,theoilcrisisof1973and1974,apainfulrenovationintheecon
3、omicbaseofdevelopedsocietiescoincidingwiththeriseofinformationnetworks,andtheconcomitantchangesintheroleoftheindividualinsociety.GuyDebordneverrecoveredfromthecrisisofthe1970s.Hislatelifewasbesetbychronicillnessbroughtonbyanevergrowinggluttonyinfoodanddrink.Hedesertedthecapitalcityandgrewmor
4、eintrospectiveinhiswork,mixingmanifestowithmemoir.ByMarch8,1978,Debord'sformergloryasaradicalfilmmakerandauthorhadfaded.'Thecinemaseemstometobeover’,hewroteinaletter.'Thesetimesdon'tdeserveafilmmakerlikeme'(2005:451).Thesetimesweretimesofcrisis.OnMarch16,1978-eightdaysafterDebord'sdalliancea
5、boutthecinemabeing'over'-theworldawoketoadramaticturnofevents.Thelong-timePrimeMinisterofItaly,ChristianDemocratAldoMoro,hadbeenkidnappedduringabrazeninterventionbythefarleftcommunistmilitantgrouptheRedBrigades.InItalytheprogressivemilitancyofthesixtieshadmetastasizedduringthefollowingdecade
6、intoanactuallyexistinglow-levelguerrillawar.Morowasheldfor54days.Duringthehostageperiod,MoroappealedtotheChristianDemocratstoacquiesceandnegotiatewithwhatboththenewspapersandgovernmentofficialsalikecalledterrorists,thatnewlyevolvedformofpoliticalactorsocloselyassociatedwiththelate-modernperi
7、od.Heldinsecretandsentencedtodeathinaso-calledpeople'strialonwww.culturemachine.net•131GALLOWAY•DEBORD’SNOSTALGICALGORITHMCM10•2009oraboutApril15,Mororeceivedlittlesolidarityfromhisformergovernmentcolleagues,andsensingtheimmanentculminationofevents