Le Retour à la raison
- 1923 (1923) (France)
Le Retour à la raison (French for Return to Reason) is a 1923 short film directed by Man Ray. It consists of animated textures, rayographs and the torso of Kiki of Montparnasse.[1]
Content
The film features a small segment with Ray's work Dancer/Danger. The film is described as follows:"consists of moving geometric designs, intercut with distorted night shots of a merry-go-round, then moving three dimensional shapes, and closing with the play of bars of light on a woman's nude torso. It was an experiment in abstract expressionism that inspired other directors."[2]
Production
"Acquiring a roll of a hundred feet of film, I went into my darkroom and cut up the material into short lengths, pinning them down on the worktable. On some strips I sprinkled salt and pepper, like a cook preparing a roast, on other strips I threw pins and thumbtacks at random; then I turned on the white light for a second or two, as I had done for my still Rayographs. Then I carefully lifted the film off the table, shaking off the debris, and developed it in my tanks. The next morning, when dry, I examined the work; the salt, pins and tacks were perfectly reproduced." explained Man Ray, in Self-Portrait.[3][self-published source?]
See also
References
External links
- Le Retour à la Raison at IMDb
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- Le Violon d'Ingres (1924)
- Noire et Blanche (1926)
- Larmes (1930–1932)
- Portrait of a Tearful Woman (1936)
- The Gift (1921)
- Object to Be Destroyed (1923)
- Le Retour à la raison (1923)
- Emak-Bakia (1926)
- L'Étoile de mer (1928)
- Les Mystères du Château du Dé (1929)
- Juliet Man Ray (wife)
- Lee Miller (photographic assistant and lover)
- Kiki de Montparnasse (model and lover)
- Méret Oppenheim (model)
- Cinéma pur
- Dada
- Surrealism
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