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Return to Reason

Le retour à la raison

1923 · 3 min · FR

Directed by Man Ray

Salt, pepper and pins laid on raw film and exposed; a fairground at night; Kiki's torso in striped light from a window. Photography with no camera, then a body, made overnight for a Dada evening in 1923. The print broke during the screening and the audience fought. Man Ray, Paris, three minutes.

Drama

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1923 · Source: Films by the Year

Public domain presentation

Public Domain Source

Films by the Year

Cast & Crew

Man Ray · DirectorKiki of Montparnasse · Nude torso

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Kiki of Montparnasse

Kiki of Montparnasse

Nude torso

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