Max Ernst

A surreal film about surrealism.

This documentary celebrates Max Ernst, one of the most influential and visionary artists of the past century. The film covers the highlights of Ernst's fascinating career via a format that mirrors the restless reality of his life. An inveterate traveler and always on the move, Ernst lived and worked in Germany, France and America. His nomadic way of life kept him searching: "A painter is lost if he finds himself."

Adaptación de la conocidísima novela negra "1280 Almas" de Jim Thompson. La historia se desarrolla en el África Colonial Francesa en 1938, inmediatamente antes del estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Cuenta las andanzas del jefe de policía de un miserable poblado al que nadie toma en serio. Un día decide tomarse la justicia por su mano.

Ottinger’s debut film already contains many of the elements that would appear in her later works: an extraordinary woman, an unusual country, and a chain of magic transformations that give rise to eccentric characterizations by an ensemble cast, here featuring Tabea Blumenschein in multiple roles. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, Ottinger’s allegorical work explores themes of death, destruction, and resurrection. With striking camerawork reminiscent of the antics of avant-garde psychodramas, Laocoon & Sons is filled with an exuberant sense of life, myth, tradition, and magic.

"This film was presented as part of my 1969 thesis on Max Ernst. It was a personal tribute where I filmed his collages, then intercut live footage I shot with other reference material into a surreal visual collage." - Penny Slinger

Surrealist short film of images viewed to a surrealist poem by Max Ernst.

Max Ernst on amateur astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel.

Max Ernst on amateur astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel.

An overview of Luis Buñuel's career. Includes an interview with the filmmaker.

The inner world of the great painter Max Ernst is the subject of this film. One of the principal founders of Surrealism, Max Ernst explores the nature of materials and the emotional significance of shapes to combine with his collages and netherworld canvases. The director and Ernst together use the film creatively as a medium to explain the artist's own development.

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by Richter as "part Freud, part Lewis Carroll" and filmed partially on the lawn of Duchamp's summer house in Southbury, Connecticut.

Después de un prólogo documental sobre las costumbres del alacrán, unos bandidos descubren a un grupo de arzobispos orando en un acantilado. La fundación de la Imperial Roma, celebrada en el sitio donde oraban los clérigos, se ve interrumpida por los lances amorosos de una pareja que es separada. El hombre es conducido a prisión pero logra escapar y se refugia en casa de su amada. Durante una fiesta, la pareja intenta consumar su pasión sin éxito. Finalmente, los sobrevivientes de una criminal orgía, entre los que se encuentra el duque de Blangis, salen del castillo de Selliny. (FILMAFFINITY)