Entr'acte

(1924)

★ 7 IMDb · 152 votes

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Year: 1924

Runtime: 22 мин

Country: France

Director: René Clair

Cast: Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Darius Milhaud, Marcel Achard, Georges Auric, Georges Charensol, Georges Lacombe

Plot

Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most dada film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, a hearse pulled by a camel (and chased by its pallbearers) and a dizzying roller coaster finale. A film of contradictions and agreements.

René Clair and Erik Satie jump near a cannon which is aimed at the spectator and fires a cannon shot.The participants in a funeral procession begin to jump behind a camel-driven hearse. The cart comes off and everyone tries to chase him until the coffin falls to the ground, the dead comes out and makes the coffin disappear with the magic wand and all vanish. René Clair passes through the sign of the end, falls to the ground, receives a kick and returns back.