
René Clair and Erik Satie jump near a cannon which is aimed at the spectator and fires a cannon shot.The participants in a funeral procession begin to jump behind a camel-driven hearse. The cart comes off and everyone tries to chase him until the coffin falls to the ground, the dead comes out and makes the coffin disappear with the magic wand and all vanish. René Clair passes through the sign of the end, falls to the ground, receives a kick and returns back.... (Full plot summary below)
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René Clair and Erik Satie jump near a cannon which is aimed at the spectator and fires a cannon shot.The participants in a funeral procession begin to jump behind a camel-driven hearse. The cart comes off and everyone tries to chase him until the coffin falls to the ground, the dead comes out and makes the coffin disappear with the magic wand and all vanish. René Clair passes through the sign of the end, falls to the ground, receives a kick and returns back.
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| User ReviewJavier V¡Qué? Si Fireworks la sentà bien rara, esta dice "agárrate que ahà voy". Completamente fársica, completamente diferente y transgresora de las reglas establecidas en la fotografÃa. Como la lÃnea del horizonte y otros asuntos. Dinámica. Estática. Bastantes cosas muy raras e interesantes como ese cortejo fúnebre guiado por un camello...entre otros detalles. No estoy seguro del tema. No me arriesgo ni aventuro a decir uno. Es cosa rara, nomás. |
| User ReviewMaarten VSurrealist classic, featuring a hilarious scene of a funeral procession going completely Dada. |
| User ReviewZoi KThe film itself was conceived as something to be shown in an intermission between other films. It clearly was never meant to be taken too seriously, and it's quite obvious that it was made in a way that allowed some of the leading proponents of the Dada/Surrealist movement to have fun and go for laughs. Surrealism was often an art-form with a sense of humour in any case, as anyone familiar with Salvador Dali's work could attest. Like most art films from the 20's Entr'acte has aged remarkably well and like others displays a sensibility that would be replicated many decades later in avant-garde cinema of the 60's and pop videos of the 80's and beyond. All-in-all a fun film to see. |
| User ReviewTio BWho puts an apostrophe in the middle of a word like that? |
| User ReviewDaniel Ashown in between the two parts of Picabia's surrealism firestarter, ballet Relâche, this Entr'acte is one hell of a short film. no wonder the night, at the end of this "ballet", ended in conflicts between the artists and the crowd. they just weren't ready for this kind of "pushing the boundaries"... |
| User ReviewAlice SBallet choreography, with film techniques. |
| User ReviewPrivate USometimes ridiculous, always thought-provoking. The scene with everyone leaping in slow motion after the hearse made my jaw drop. |
| User ReviewDiane WOk, I have only a slim idea of the message this little gem was trying to convey, but totally ate up the imagery! |
| User ReviewAmanda MDelightfully whimsical avant-garde film with that absurdist, Dadaist vein of 1920s France. |
| User ReviewZoran SThis is the funniest, most enjoyable Dada short film. Its tone is certainly goofy and playful rather than shocking, nihilistic, or formalized. The initial funeral scene is really hilarious. |