Man Ray
Fernand Leger
Rene' Clair
Marcel Duchamp
Jean Renoir
Eugene Deslaw
Germaine Dulac
Luis Bunuel
Salvador Dali'
Charles Silver
Part of 'An Auteurist History of Film' exhibition, a two-year screening cycle of the museum's film collection.
Running parallel to the development of narrative cinema and actuality filmmaking was an experimental track. Influenced by the trick cinema of Georges Melies and his rivals, it was particularly prominent in France during the Surrealist period. Many of the experimenters gradually moved into mainstream commercial cinema, while other artists ceased dabbling in the movies at all. This program provides a sampler of their work. All films made in France. Musical accompaniment by Ben Model. Part of 'An Auteurist History of Film' exhibition, a two-year screening cycle is intended to serve as both an exploration of the richness of the museum's film collection and a basic introduction to the emergence of cinema as the predominant art form of the 20th century; curated by Charles Silver. Screening of 'Le Retour a la raison' directed by Man Ray, 'Ballet Mecanique' directed by Fernand Leger, 'Entr'acte' directed by Rene' Clair, 'Anemic Cinema' directed by Marcel Duchamp, 'Sur an air de Charleston' directed by Jean Renoir, 'La Marche des machines' directed by Eugene Deslaw, 'La coquille et le clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman)' directed by Germaine Dulac, 'Un Chien Andalou' directed by Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali'.