Dr. Dani SanchezFeb 23
First up we have “Poison” (1933)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/jcE9CodbZsI?si=JCZVaagIM5qjeXtJ) a short, surrealist “home video” of sorts made by and starring American Dada and Surealist artist Man Ray and German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer Méret Oppenheim.
#SilentFlickerSunday #Poison #ManRay #MeretOppenheim #surrealism #SilentFilm
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Next is one that I’d wanted to share for a long while but I hadn’t found the entire film available before: “Night Hunter” (2011) (https://youtu.be/Y6fX430Gt5o?si=nTeTeVcKcVlr8InH) created and directed by American paper and film collage artist Stacey Steers.
#SilentFlickerSunday #NightHunter #StaceySteers #SilentFilm
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 23
I featured another film by Stacey Steers “The Edge of Alchemy” on #SilentFlickerSunday about 3yrs ago you can check that out here (https://vimeo.com/208736020)
#StaceySteers #SilentFilm
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And now our feature presentation: “Le Fantôme du Moulin-Rouge” AKA “The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge” (https://youtu.be/x3WccaQGYwc?si=aGcXXzMiy49_E4Un) directed by French auteur René Clair
#SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge #ReneClair #SilentFilm
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 23
Our leading lady is Russian-French actress and dancer Sandra Milovanoff (June 23, 1892-May 8, 1957), who was. mostly known for her #SilentFilm work- especially in the early work of René Clair
#SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge #SandraMilovanoff #ReneClair
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 23
“The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge” (1925) was believed to be lost and since director René Clair didn’t like the film in the first place it looked likely to stay that way. By the late 1970s a surviving print with color tinting was discovered, restored and began making the rounds at rep houses, museums and universities.
#SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge
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In the tradition of early French Trick films by Georges Méliès, René Clair & Co. utilized camera tricks like “Pepper’s Ghost”, painted effects directly onto film stock and even the layering of film stock.
#SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge #ReneClair #SilentFilm
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 23
“Zweigroschenzauber” AKA Twopence Magic” (1930) (https://youtu.be/bqi9H4oBas8?si=8IeggVRTA0MqOpWu) directed by Germany Dada artist Hans Richter. This was made as an advertisement for the mostly illustrated, Cologne, Germany-based magazine “Kölner Illustrierte Zeitung”.
#SilentFlickerSunday #TwopenceMagic #Zweigroschenzauber #HansRichter
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 23
And finally, the sky study “Danças Lunares” AKA “Lunar Dances” (https://youtu.be/41Bzumqdld4?si=HVITZAm7ndvyws5L) directed by Brazilian artist and musician Leonardo Venturieri. This features of the night sky of the Brazilian city of Belém do Pará
#SilentFlickerSunday #LunarDances #DancasLunares #SilentFilm #Moon #LeonardoVenturieri