Alex Allin, Lucien Bataille, Genica Athanasiou.
Dulac had been making films since 1915. This surreal study of male desire predates Un Chien Andalou by a year, and anticipates some of David Lynch's most out-there moments, as well as even animated works by the likes of Jan Svanmajer and the Quay brothers. It is also of course an important film in feminist cinema.
Antonin Artaud is the writer.
Opens with 'It is not a dream, but the mode of images itself leading the mind to where is never would have consented to go, the mechanism is within everyone's reach.' The way images are twisted and distorted, the complex overlays, abrupt cutting, interesting lighting and bizarre use of props is altogether a unique experience.
I saw the 2005 restoration which is on YouTube, running 40 minutes.
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