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Return to Reason

Le retour à la raison

1923·3 min·FR
Director: Man Ray
Drama

Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.

Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.

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Kiki of Montparnasse

Kiki of Montparnasse

Nude torso

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