Anemic Cinema

Entr'acte — Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of z

Ballet Mécanique — A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and

The Starfish — The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.

Sparrows — Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the oth

An Optical Poem — A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form.

Erotique — One can determine a line in Tscherkassky’s oeuvre which turns around a game with filmic presentation, with degrees of re