Film Study
Entertaining Dadaist experimental short, similar to Man Ray's work, full of shifting geometric shapes, stock footage of seagulls, flying eyeballs, and glaring floating heads.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Filmstudie |
| Year | 1926 |
| Country | Germany |
| Genre | Animation |
| Director | Hans Richter |
| Runtime | 4 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.7/10 (32 votes) |
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The film constructs a visual lexicon entirely from dissonant elements, relying on the Dadaist principles of absurd juxtaposition and found footage. It explores the medium's capacity for pure abstraction, where seagulls, eyeballs, and geometric shapes share the same irrational space.
What lingers after viewing is the sensation of having witnessed cinema's raw, playful potential, freed from narrative constraints. A vital artifact of the avant-garde spirit — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Hans Richter
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Watch as visual music, in a restored print, with an open mind for abstraction.
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