It must be admitted that none of this is very clear. It is a completely typical drunken monologue, with its incomprehensible allusions and tiresome delivery. With its vain phrases that do not await response and its overbearing explanations. And its silences.

Guy Debord: Critique of Separation. New translation by Ken Knabb of the voice-over soundtrack of Guy Debord’s third film, Critique de la séparation (1961). The complete script of this film, with illustrations, detailed descriptions of the images, and extensive annotations, is included in Debord’s Complete Cinematic Works (AK Press, 2003). For further information, see Guy Debord’s Films (Contents of the book, with online excerpts).