Titolo originale: Ballet Mécanique
Regia:
Fernand Léger
Dudley Murphy
Anno: 1924
Origine:
France
Generi:
Documentario
Fantasy
Tag:
montparnasse |
avant-garde |
mechanics |
short film |
experimental film |
dada |
Cast:
Kiki of Montparnasse
Fernand Léger
Katrin Murphy
Dudley Murphy
Katherine Murphy
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. A young women swings in a garden; a woman's face smiles. The rest is spinning cylinders, pistons, gears and turbines, kitchen objects in concentric circles or rows - pots, pan lids, and funnels, cars passing overhead, a spinning carnival ride. Over and over, a heavy-set woman climbs stairs carrying a large bag on her shoulder. An Art Deco cartoon figure appears, dancing. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a few moments of solitude in a garden