Themes and Variations
I evoke a dancing woman. A woman? No. A bouncing line with harmonious rhythm. I evoke a luminous projection on veils ! Precise matter! No. Fluid rhythms. Why should one disregard, on screen, the pleasure that movement brings us in the theatre? Harmony of lines. Harmony of light. Lines, surfaces, volumes evolving directly, without the artifice of evocation, in the logic of its forms, dispossessed of any overly human sense, allowing an elevation towards the abstract, thus giving more space to sensations and to dreams : integral cinema. —Germaine Dulac
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| Original Title | Thèmes et variations |
| Year | 1928 |
| Country | France |
| Director | Germaine Dulac |
| Runtime | 10 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.0/10 (12 votes) |
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Dulac constructs the film as a manifesto, relying on the rejection of figuration and narrative. She explores cinema as a self-sufficient art where rhythm, light, and geometry become the primary actors, evolving by their own internal logic.
What lingers after the screening is a sense of having witnessed the birth of a purely cinematic language, one that speaks directly to the senses through abstract movement. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Germaine Dulac
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In complete darkness, surrendering to the hypnotic pulse of light and form.
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