The cinematographic avant-garde appeared in different countries over roughly the same period, but it was in France, the place par excellence of the main avant-garde of the 20th century (cubism, Dadaism, surrealism), that the experimental filmmakers, coming from different worlds, found the climate conducive to their research and, in some cases, the generous patrons to finance them. This great cultural effervescence was made possible by the keen interest shown in the Seventh Art by writers and poets (Apollinaire, Cendrars, Tzara, Cocteau, Breton, Aragon…), by musicians (Satie, Honegger, Milhaud) and by artists such as Léger, Man Ray, Duchamp, Picabia…
When one thinks of France, one thinks above all of Paris, where all the cinematographic avant-garde were to be found, where, as J. B. Brunius reminds us, ‘this movement developed, if not the most coherent, at least the most decisive, the most systematic and the most durable’.
Works by Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Léger, Jean Epstein, and Germaine Dulac. This collection also includes works by Eisenstein and Alexandrov, Richter and Ivens.
other titles: IL CINEMA DELLE AVANGUARDIE, LE CINÉMA DES AVANT-GARDES