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Anemic Cinema (1926)

1926 · Silent film · 6 min · dir. Marcel Duchamp

  • Drama
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Synopsis

A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as it rotates. The messages, in French, feature puns and whimsical rhymes and alliteration. The final message comments on the spiral motif itself.

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Details

Director
Marcel Duchamp
Writer
Marcel Duchamp
Released
1926-01-01
Original title
Anémic cinéma
Running time
6 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Soundtrack is incredible. · YesterdaysRain · 2018-08-14

While these early films are interesting from the standpoint of avant-garde cinema and art films generally, the gorgeous soundtrack here by Larry Marotta is what really shines.

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