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Reason Over Passion (French: La raison avant la passion) is a Canadian experimental film, directed by Joyce Wieland and released in 1969.
Reason over Passion attracted particular attention because of its direct reference to the newly elected prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Wieland was inspired by an assertion made by Trudeau, “Reason over passion—that is the theme of all my writing.”
JOYCE WIELAND: Interview and Notes on Reason Over Passion and Pierre Vallières The Joyce Wieland archive is a substantial (just over 7m of textual records) and invaluable resource that has only been recently made available to the public. In the late 1980s, Wieland had organized her personal papers for donation to York
Reason over Passion is one of Joyce Wieland's most renowned experimental films - a cross-country travelogue, political satire, modernist experiment - which embodies many of the themes recurrent in her rich, diverse and extensive oeuvre.
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- 1969-06-28
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Sep 10, 2012 · Release Details. Duration: 82 mins. Cast and crew. Director: Joyce Wieland. An email you’ll actually love. Not quite a structural film, Reason Over Passion nevertheless aggressively incorporates...
Pierre Trudeau Cast, Screenplay. Critics reviews. One of Joyce Wieland’s most renowned experimental films– a cross-country travelogue, political satire, modernist experiment— which embodies many of the themes recurrent in her rich, diverse and extensive oeuvre.
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Directed by Joyce Wieland. The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the country; meanwhile, 537 computer-generated permutations of the film’s title appear like subtitles—the letters are scrambled over and over again, undermining the meaning of Pierre Trudeau’s infamous motto. Cast. Crew. Details