ABOUT:

Dear Guy dramatizes an inward and sometimes romantically sentimental meditation on the relevance, remembrance and acculturation of Guy Debord's life and works. The layered histrionics of the film engender reconsiderations of identification, moral responsibility, nostalgia, and the potential of art in contemporary society.

Excerpts from Debord's memoir and fictional epistolary monologues are combined with an eclectic assortment of appropriated materials, invented leitmotifs, lecture performances, hybrid forms of the essay film, documentary and edutainment formats. Dear Guy drifts through a labyrinth-like montage structure that frustrates passive viewing while inviting contemplation.

Dear Guy was independently produced by Jeremy Todd in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, beginning in the summer of 2006 and ending in February of 2007. It is approximately 83 min. in length and entirely digital in format.

Please contact the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre or Video Out Distribution by email (on the upper right-side column of this page) to screen, rent or purchase Dear Guy. Please feel free to contact the filmmaker directly to make any other inquiries (also on the upper right-side column of this page).