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Dada doo doo.

Title
Dada doo doo.
Publication
Brooklyn, NY : New York Film Annex, [1998]

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Additional Authors
  • Clair, René, 1898-1981.
  • Eggeling, Viking, 1880-1925.
  • Man Ray, 1890-1976.
  • Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953.
  • Satie, Erik, 1866-1925.
  • Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945.
  • Kiki, 1901-1953.
  • New York Film Annex.
Description
1 videocassette : silent, black and white; 1/2 in.
Summary
  • Entre'acte. Depicts the Dada spirit of mockery and unreality (military maneuvers on Paris rooftops, a funeral on a roller coaster, etc.).
  • Symphonie diagonal. Explores the artistic visual qualities of lighted lines and shapes.
  • L'etoile de mer. Juxtaposition of separate, elusive images to portray one man's difficulty in becoming committed to a woman. A starfish symbolizes his yearning for sincere beauty without hidden, destructive qualities.
Series Statement
The experimental avant garde series ; vol. 4
Uniform Title
Experimental avant garde series ; vol. 4.
Alternative Title
  • Entre'acte.
  • Symphonie diagonal.
  • Etoile de mer.
Subject
  • Experimental films
  • Silent films
  • Cinematography, Abstract
  • Dadaism
  • Short films
  • Abstract films
  • Feature films
  • Dada
  • short subjects
  • Feature films
  • Abstract films
  • Cinematography, Abstract
  • Dadaism
  • Experimental films
  • Short films
  • Silent films
Genre/Form
  • video recordings (physical artifacts)
  • Video recordings
  • Video recordings.
  • Vidéos.
Note
  • Silent films with added music scores.
  • Title from container.
  • Originally produced as motion pictures in 1924 (1st-2nd works) and 1928 (3rd work).
Credits (note)
  • René Clair, director (1st work) ; Viking Eggeling (2nd work) ; Man Ray (3rd work).
Performer (note)
  • Jean Borlin, Inge Fries, Picabia, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie (1st work) ; Alice (Kiki) Prin, Robert Desnos (3rd work).
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Contents
Entre'acte -- Symphonie diagonal -- L'etoile de mer.
ISBN
  • 1558814000
  • 9781558814004
OCLC
  • ocm48658071
  • 48658071
  • SCSB-1289851
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library