Man Ray

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Man Ray

Born August 27, 1890 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died November 18, 1976 · aged 86

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky, August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known in the art world for his avan…

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GrimaceGrimace · 1967
Grimace
1967
Movie
Produced over several years between 1962 and 1967, Grimaces shows the faces of over a hundred artists, gallery owners and critics grimacing to the camera.
Entr'acteEntr'acte · 1924
Entr'acte
7.01924
MovieComedyFantasy
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most dada film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, a hearse pulled by a camel (and chased by its pallbearers) and a dizzying roller coaster finale. A film of contradictions and agreements.
PoisonPoison · 1933
Poison
5.31933
MovieFantasy
Short black and white surrealist film from Man Ray starring himself and Meret Oppenheim.
Pandora and the Flying DutchmanPandora and the Flying Dutchman · 1951
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
6.81951
MovieRomanceDrama
Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.
La GaroupeLa Garoupe · 1937
La Garoupe
5.01937
MovieDocumentary
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.
DadascopeDadascope · 1962
Dadascope
7.71962
Movie
Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed footage, play with shadows and light, billiards and dice and balloons-- suggestive and surreal images. Tenets of Dada writing, such as games of chance, punnery, wordplay and loud nonsense noise are foist upon the viewer as Dada poems are read / performed by their orignal authors.
The Truth about Black DahliaThe Truth about Black Dahlia · 2007
The Truth about Black Dahlia
7.32007
MovieDocumentaryCrime
The unexplained deaths of Elizabeth Short, a.k.a "The Black Dahlia", in 1947 and of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy in 1958, had a profound impact on the psyche of James Ellroy, today's greatest crime writer. Steve Hodel, a retired LAPD cop, reveals everything about Georges Hodel, his own father as well as the perpetratror of those two unsolved murders, the most notorious ones in 20th century America. Steve Hodel retraces this amazing investigation in which genius and horror, Hollywood and the Marquis de Sade, incest and surgery, are blended into the grimmest of scenarios.
DadaDada · 1969
Dada
8.01969
MovieDocumentary
1967 film directed by Greta Deseson about the Dada art movement. Featuring Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Hans Richter and Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia

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