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The complete works of Joyce Wieland. Volume 4, La raison avant la passion, 1969 [videorecording] = Reason over passion, 1969.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublication details: Toronto, ON : Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, c2011.Description: 1 videodisc (83 min., 40 sec.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 inOther title:

Complete works of Joyce Wieland, 1963-1986
Raison avant la passion
Reason over passion

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Computer permutations by William A. Burnette and Pete Neumann of Bell Labs ; computer permutation photographic planning by Hollis Frampton.

Summary: Wieland's most important and complex nationalist statement, La raison avant la passion, is a playful, penetrating exploration of the landscape and mindscape of Canada. Taken from Pierre Elliot Trudeau's assertion, "Reason over passion -- that is the theme of all my writing," the film is an impressionistic train and car trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Throughout the film, the letters of the title are varied randomly, as in an anagram, by a computer. The first part is dominated by the colour green; the second, orange; and the third, white. Made in three parts with a prelude, La raison avant la passion is largely a hymn to the beauty of the country but it also raises questions about cultural identity.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Course reserves
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	Reserves	DVD-02001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050181756	Community/Identity W Winter 2023

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.

Issued as part of a 5-disc boxed set titled: The complete works of Joyce Wieland, 1963-1986.

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The complete works of Joyce Wieland. Volume 4, La raison avant la passion, 1969 [videorecording] = Reason over passion, 1969.