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Entr'Acte*

• 1924 ----- b & w ----- 17 min ----- 16mm
• Directed by René Clair, this humorous fantasy was commissioned by the Ballet Suédois de Rolf Maré as a "non-intermission" feature of the ballet, Relâche, music by Eric Satie. The keen filmic sense of René Clair combined with the irreverence of the Dadaists produced a film in which inanimate objects are endowed with a riotous life of their own. A mock funeral procession, with a hearse drawn by a camel and a party of mourners in hot pursuit is a brilliantly sustained chase sequence, typical of the absurd and unexpected events in this film. (NOTE: Film should be projected at silent speed, ie. 18 frames/second.) (Restricted to use at the Educational Media Collection only)
• Topics: (Art, Motion Pictures: Experimental)

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