Dada and Surrealist Film

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This collection of 13 essays analyzes connections between film and two highly influential 20th-century movements. The essays, which comment on specific films and deal with theoretical and topical questions, are framed by a documentary section that includes a photographic reproduction of the manuscript scenario for Robert Desno's and Man Ray's "L'Etoile de Mer", and an introduction by the editor that provides a cogent working model for the difference between Dada and Surrealist perspectives.

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"A comprehensive, clear and factual presentation of the subject... very useful." Simonne Fischer , French Review "Kuenzli has done film studies a service by gathering some of the best minds in the fields reflecting on specific topics." Andrew Horton , Film Quarterly

Author Bio

Rudolf Kuenzli is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa.