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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
Man Ray
Poem
Walter Mehring
Poem
Hans Richter
Poem
Tristan Tzara
Poem
Marcel Duchamp
Poem
Kurt Schwitters
Poem
Raoul Hausmann
Poem

Cast

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