Pierre Eugène

Un critique œuvre caché – dans l’ombre (de la salle, des films) et la forêt (des revues) – et Serge Daney ne fait pas exception. Que sa trajectoire soit finalement devenue exemplaire, que sa figure soit entrée dans la lumière progressive de la reconnaissance publique a modifié aussi bien la lecture de ses textes que leur adresse, en déterminant le ton et le style. Une constante, néanmoins : la vitesse.

A critic operates in the shadows (of the screening room, of films) and in the forest (of journals), and Serge Daney was no exception to the rule. The fact that his career is now viewed as exemplary, and that he has increasingly come to enjoy the limelight, has altered the reading of his texts and — during his lifetime — also their address, influencing their tone and style. One constant remained throughout, however: speed.