← ← Back
Movie poster: Film Study (1926)
🎬 Movie

Film Study

1926 · 4 min Animation
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

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.

Watch online

Click to play

📋 Film Details

Original Title Filmstudie
Year 1926
Country Germany
Genre Animation
Director Hans Richter
Runtime 4 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.7/10 (32 votes)

📺 Where to Watch

Checking availability...

🎬 MovieFinder's Take

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

🕯️

Best Watched

Watch as visual music, in a restored print, with an open mind for abstraction.

🎭 Cast

🎬 Similar Movies

💬 Audience Reviews

Write a Review

Quick rating — tap to vote:

Or write a full review:

0/2000