Derrida

The documentary follows the daily life and the thinking of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida together. His work had set off fierce argument in American universities; the film gives room both to that argument and to interviews with him. What is interesting is how Derrida answers questions in front of the camera: because speaking about himself is itself the making of a text, he takes every question a step back and turns the film into its own subject. For that reason the account cannot be a straightforward portrait, and it does not hide the fact. The eighty four minute American documentary by Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick was completed in 2002.