Dada / Surrealist cinema
Alongside Sylvano Santini, a professor of literary studies at UQAM, this session offers the opportunity to see some gems of 1920s avant-garde cinema on the big screen: from the Dada movement’s irreverence to the emergence of surrealism that followed, these pioneering works revolutionized cinema and art at the beginning of the 20th century.
In the presence of Sylvano Santini, professor of literary studies at UQAM
A masterpiece of avant-garde experimental cinema, this fiery kaleidoscope of images presented with a dynamic soundtrack by George Antheil depicts a world in motion, yet marked by mechanical, repetitive images.
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Assisted by Man Ray, Duchamp filmed his rotoreliefs, small cardboard discs with spiral patterns that turned on themselves.
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Commissioned by Tristan Tzara to be shown before his play The Gas Heart, Return to Reason consists of a fast-paced succession of geometric shapes and shading effects.
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A chess match between Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp is interrupted by a torrent of water; Francis Picabia and Erik Satie jump around a cannon in slow motion; a crowd chases a runaway hearse. Entr'acte turns the world upside down!
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Based on a screenplay by Antonin Artaud, this film tells the story of a clergyman who falls madly in love with a beautiful woman, but who must defeat an equally eager rival.
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