Course landaise

Short documentary by Man Ray on one his favorite subjects - bullfighting.

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American visual artists, through four of his short films, brought to life by the atmospheric music of SQÜRL.

Rue Campagne-Première

Man Ray shoots from a window on 31 bis rue Campagne-Première, in the heart of Montparnasse, where he rented a ground-floor studio.

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.

Poison

Short black and white surrealist film from Man Ray starring himself and Meret Oppenheim.

Juliet

A late period home movie with Man Ray and his lovely friend Juliet Browner lounging together in the US. Man Ray had returned to America when the Germans occupied France.

Ady

Very brief view of Man Ray and his friend Ady Fidelin while at a seaside resort

La Garoupe

Home movie from Man Ray while on vacation with Pablo Picasso, Paul, Nusch and Cecile Eluard, Emily Davies, Valerie and Roland Penrose. The friends have fun with themselves and performing for the camera.

L'Atelier du Val de Grâce

Home movie from Man Ray with a view of his home/gallery

Self-Portrait or What We All Miss

Mix of surrealist images of bubbles and smoke with some documentation of the world lived by Man Ray and Lee Miller.

Dance

Home movie from Man Ray featuring dancer Jenny gyrating in black and white.