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Entr'acte
Entr'acte
8.2
/10
2,223 Ratings

ENTR'ACTE

Directed by René Clair
France, 1924
Short, Avant-Garde

Synopsis

An absolute dada movie composed of a series of zany, disconnected scenes. Amongst other scenes we witness a chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, a dizzying roller coaster sequence and a hearse pulled by a camel.

Synopsis

An absolute dada movie composed of a series of zany, disconnected scenes. Amongst other scenes we witness a chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, a dizzying roller coaster sequence and a hearse pulled by a camel.

Our take

Between the acts of a Dadaist ballet René Clair premiered Entr’acte: a short film chopped-and-screwed, abstractly and alternately slowed-down and sped-up. Sterling “cinéma pur,” avant-garde experimentation in the vein of Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, both of whom cameo here.