Return to Reason
Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Le retour à la raison |
| Year | 1923 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Man Ray |
| Runtime | 3 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.3/10 (110 votes) |
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The director constructs a hypnotic visual field, relying on the stark contrast between void and form. It explores film as a medium for pure motion, where light sculpts time and ordinary objects are stripped of their function to become elements of a rhythmic dance.
What lingers after the final frame is a sense of witnessing the raw, unformed potential of the cinematic image itself. A foundational pulse of the avant-garde. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Man Ray
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Watch in total darkness, with ambient or experimental audio.
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