Max Ernst
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"Max Ernst - Ein Selbstportrait"
Fernsehfilm 1967, NDR
Wissenschaftliche Beratung: Werner Spies
Regie: Hannes Reinhardt
Reihe "Die Fernsehtruhe", ARD-Alpha 28.3.2016 zum 40. Todestag von Max Ernst
Fernsehfilm 1967, NDR
Wissenschaftliche Beratung: Werner Spies
Regie: Hannes Reinhardt
Reihe "Die Fernsehtruhe", ARD-Alpha 28.3.2016 zum 40. Todestag von Max Ernst
La Femme 100 Têtes 1967 with English Subtitles
Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism.
One of the key works in the Ernst filmography is La femme 100 têtes, a 19-minute film from 1967 based on the series of collages Ernst created under that title in 1929, precursors to his collage masterwork Une semaine de bonté (1934). Eric Duvivier was the director, nephew of the celebrated French director Julien Duvivier, and a director of many educational films, none of which seem to be listed on IMDB. Duvivier’s film may be short but he had the resources to go to some extraordinary lengths in replicating cinematically so many of Ernst’s collages. Some of the scenes merely require a room or a street, in others bizarre or elaborate sets have had to be built then populated with actors for shots that last less than half a minute.
This film was, remarkably and ironically, produced by the Swiss Pharmaceutical company Sandoz, infamously known for its most controversial product, LSD.
One of the key works in the Ernst filmography is La femme 100 têtes, a 19-minute film from 1967 based on the series of collages Ernst created under that title in 1929, precursors to his collage masterwork Une semaine de bonté (1934). Eric Duvivier was the director, nephew of the celebrated French director Julien Duvivier, and a director of many educational films, none of which seem to be listed on IMDB. Duvivier’s film may be short but he had the resources to go to some extraordinary lengths in replicating cinematically so many of Ernst’s collages. Some of the scenes merely require a room or a street, in others bizarre or elaborate sets have had to be built then populated with actors for shots that last less than half a minute.
This film was, remarkably and ironically, produced by the Swiss Pharmaceutical company Sandoz, infamously known for its most controversial product, LSD.
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