Bozarts (1969)

 
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Ha! I thought that might get your attention.

Following up on last week’s themes of Place des Arts and cultural interventions, in this week’s edition we have a case study in what happens when “pure,” uninhibited artistic expression clashes with city bylaws and the philistines who enforce them. The conflict zone in question was a construction site on the grounds of the Place des Arts complex in 1968.

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NOTE: In case you can’t make it out: “Jesus Xst est mort. Vive Che Guevara. [Jesus Xst is dead. Long live Che Guevara.]”

NOTE: In case you can’t make it out: “Jesus Xst est mort. Vive Che Guevara. [Jesus Xst is dead. Long live Che Guevara.]”

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Bozarts (1969), dir. Giraldeau—prod. ONF

[artists; art; political art; censorship; repression; Place des Arts; Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal; SPVM; erotic art; Prague Spring; Che Guevara; Jesus Christ]

There’s much more to Jacques Giraldeau’s Bozarts than just this flare-up at Place des Arts. To check out the whole film in the original French, follow this link.

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Ty-Peupe (1971)

 
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Ty-Peupe (1971), dir. Bélanger—prod. ONF

WARNING: This film contains hippies.

[hippies; hippie uprising; hippie convergence; Mount Royal Park; Olmsted Trail; Park Avenue; Pine-Park Overpass; Sainte-Catherine Street; Place des Arts; rock & roll; psychedelic rock; Royal Canadian Mounted Hippies; take back the streets]

Interested? Want to get turned on, man? Check out this film here in the original French.