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Dadascope

74 %|Jan 1, 1961|

Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed footage, play with shadows and light, billiards and dice and balloons-- suggestive and surreal images. Tenets of Dada writing, such as games of chance, punnery, wordplay and loud nonsense noise are foist upon the viewer as Dada poems are read / performed by their orignal authors.

Featured Crew

Hans Richter
Director
Paul Falkenberg
Editor
Hans Richter
Editor
Jean Arp
Writer
Marcel Duchamp
Poem
Kurt Schwitters
Poem
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Poem
Tristan Tzara
Poem

Cast

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Jean Arp
Voiceover
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Marcel Duchamp
Self / Voiceover
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Marcel Janco
Voiceover
actor
Man Ray
Voiceover (archive audio)
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Kurt Schwitters
Voiceover (archive audio)
actor
Tristan Tzara
Voiceover