L'Âge d'or
Nov 28, 1930Sur un scénario de Buñuel et Dali des images folles, un film choc qui fut longtemps frappe d'interdiction et provoqua la parution du « Manifeste surréaliste ».
Romance
Max Ernst
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Once upon a time there was a country known by the name of Laura Molloy. Laura Molloy was the name of this country. Only women lived in Laura MolloyEsmeralda del Rio was a woman. One day Esmeralda del Rio had the idea to undergo a series of transformations, which were to take her very far. So far did she go that she had no way of knowing how far she had gone. Two things were certain: Esmeralda del Rio was blond and in her own way she practiced a kind of magic which I would like to call 'blond magic'.
Drama
Europe After the Rain
Jan 01, 1978Dada came out of the craziness of World War One. "The birth of Dada was not the beginning of art but of disgust." Surrealism tried to systematize Dada's anarchy into an artistic blend of Freudian psychoanalysis and Marxist provocation. In the interests of conquering the irrational, Salvador Dali opened exhibitions dressed in a diving suit, Marcel Duchamp turned himself into woman, Benjamin Peret assaulted priests, and Yves Tanguy ate spiders. Andre Breton, nicknamed "the Pope of Surrealism", led an inspired gang of artists, lunatics and writers. By the 1950s they were denouncing each other for betraying the movement, but their ideas had infected Hollywood, advertising agencies and were turning up as TV humor and album covers.
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Mar 15, 19578 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.
Fantasy
Dreams That Money Can Buy
Sep 01, 1947An 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 improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.
Drama
Coup de torchon
Nov 04, 19811938. En Afrique occidentale française. Lucien Cordier est l'unique policier d'une petite ville coloniale. Méprisé de tous pour sa lâcheté et sa veulerie, il est l'objet de moqueries et de railleries. Lorsque son officier supérieur lui fait prendre conscience de sa médiocrité, il va peu à peu se transformer en impitoyable assassin et se débarrasser de tous ses tourmenteurs, femme et maîtresse comprises par un jeu diabolique qui consiste à faire accuser d'autres que lui avant de les éliminer jusqu'à ce qu'il reste seul.
Comedy
Wieviel Farben hat die Hand?
Apr 04, 1971Die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie
Apr 29, 1967Max Ernst on amateur astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel.
Documentary
Max Ernst: Mein Vagabundieren – Meine Unruhe
May 09, 1991This documentary celebrates Max Ernst, one of the most influential and visionary artists of the past century. The film covers the highlights of Ernst's fascinating career via a format that mirrors the restless reality of his life. An inveterate traveler and always on the move, Ernst lived and worked in Germany, France and America. His nomadic way of life kept him searching: "A painter is lost if he finds himself."
Documentary
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Max Ernst - Entdeckungsfahrten ins Unbewußte
Jan 01, 1964The inner world of the great painter Max Ernst is the subject of this film. One of the principal founders of Surrealism, Max Ernst explores the nature of materials and the emotional significance of shapes to combine with his collages and netherworld canvases. The director and Ernst together use the film creatively as a medium to explain the artist's own development.
Documentary
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
Apr 21, 1964Premier film de la série « Cinéastes de notre temps », un portrait de Luis Buñuel en deux parties : la première retrace la vie du cinéaste surréaliste, la seconde est un entretien.
Documentary
Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte
Aug 25, 1969"This film was presented as part of my 1969 thesis on Max Ernst. It was a personal tribute where I filmed his collages, then intercut live footage I shot with other reference material into a surreal visual collage." - Penny Slinger
Die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie
Apr 29, 1967Max Ernst on amateur astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel.
Documentary
La Femme de 100 têtes
Jan 01, 1968Dreams That Money Can Buy
Sep 01, 1947An 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 improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.
Drama
