Part 1 Essays: Dada/cinema?, Thomas Elsaesser; Leger's ballet mecanique, Judi Freeman; anaemic vision in Duchamp - cinema as readymade, Dalia Judovitz; exploring the discursive field of the Surrealist scenario text, Richard Abel; Benjamin Fondane's "Scenarii Intournables", Peter Christensen; slit screen, David Wills; constellated visions - Robert Desnos's and Man Ray's "L'Etoile de Mer", Inez Hedges; the image and the spark - Dulac and Artaud reviewed, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis; Dali and "Un Chien Andalou" - the nature of a collaboration, Haim Finkelstein; "Un Chien Andalou" - the talking cure, Stuart Liebman; between the sign of the scorpion and the sign of the cross - "L'Age d'Or", Allen Weiss; documentary Surrealism - on "Land Without Bread", Tom Conley; the critical grasp - Bunuelian cinema and its critics, Linda Williams. Part 2 Documents: Robert Desnos's and Man Ray's scenario for "L'Etoile de Mer". Part 3 Bibliography on Dada and Surrealist film.
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Rudolf Kuenzli is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa.
"A comprehensive, clear and factual presentation of the subject... very useful." Simonne Fischer , French Review "Kuenzli has done film studies a service by gathering some of the best minds in the fields reflecting on specific topics." Andrew Horton , Film Quarterly
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