Ballet Mécanique
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a...
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Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a...
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A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each...
See moreEmak-Bakia
Emak-Bakia (Basque for Leave me alone) is a 1926 film directed by Man Ray. Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many techniques Man Ray used in...
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The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.
See moreDreams That Money Can Buy
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will...
See moreThe Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice
Mannequin hands hold a pair of dice. A castle is perched on a hilltop. Below it, a posh, modern villa. Meanwhile, far from Paris, two men with...
See moreReturn to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American...
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Boyd Rice may well be the only person alive who's been on a first name basis with both Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson. His career has spanned...
See moreParis la belle
A look at Paris in 1928 in black and white and then color sequences filmed in the same places in 1959.
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Home movie from Man Ray while on vacation with Pablo Picasso, Paul, Nusch and Cecile Eluard, Emily Davies, Valerie and Roland Penrose. The friends...
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Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed...
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Very brief view of Man Ray and his friend Ady Fidelin while at a seaside resort
See moreCorrida
A Man Ray documentary short on bullfighting.
See moreWhat Do Young Films Dream About?
A collaboration between Man Ray and Henri Chomette,, half-brother of the filmmaker René Clair.
See moreHome Movies
Home Movies of Man Ray and Ady Fidelin from 1938. Presents a simple and intimate portrait of the man behind the artist. Compilation of ten Man Ray...
See moreDance
Home movie from Man Ray featuring dancer Jenny gyrating in black and white.
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Short black and white surrealist film from Man Ray starring himself and Meret Oppenheim.
See moreRue Campagne-Première
Man Ray shoots from a window on 31 bis rue Campagne-Première, in the heart of Montparnasse, where he rented a ground-floor studio.
See moreLes Chutes des "Mystères du château du Dé"
It is a separate short film made using unused scenes in "Les Mystères du Château de Dé".
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