8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

(1957)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 14 votes

Genres: Fantasy

Year: 1957

Runtime: 80 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Hans Richter, Jean Cocteau

Cast: Hans Arp, Paul Bowles, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Frederick Kiesler, Dorothea Ernst, Darius Milhaud, Richard Huelsenbeck

Plot

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.