Movies and TvShows featuring "dadaism" theme.
In a post-apocalyptic world, Henry Spencer navigates a bleak industrial wasteland while dealing with a strained relationship, the pressures of work, and the arrival of his deformed baby. As Henry's mental state deteriorates, he contemplates suicide and becomes entangled in surreal and disturbing experiences. Ultimately, he kills the baby and presumably himself, finding solace in a dream-like afterlife.
In the 1930s, three friends - Burt, Harold, and Milton - witness a murder and are framed for it. They must uncover a conspiracy that leads them to wealthy textile heir Tom Voze and his family. Along the way, they encounter spies, a secret organization, and a plot to overthrow the American government. With the help of General Dillenbeck, they aim to foil the plot and bring the culprits to justice.
Entr'acte (1924) is an avant-garde short film filled with surrealism and comedy. The film takes the audience on a journey through a series of absurd and unexpected events, featuring running after a car, a runaway carriage, a funeral procession, a bearded woman, and a ballet performance. With its experimental and dadaist elements, Entr'acte is a unique cinematic experience.
Ballet Mécanique is an abstract short film featuring avant-garde elements. It explores themes of dadaism, surrealism, and impressionism through the juxtaposition of mechanical and human movements.
With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is a documentary that delves into the fascinating life of Peggy Guggenheim, an influential art patron and collector. From her early days in New York City to her time in Europe, the film explores Guggenheim's relationships, her passion for modern art, and her unique approach to collecting. Through interviews, archival footage, and artwork, viewers gain insight into Guggenheim's impact on the art world and her role in promoting and supporting artists like Jackson Pollock, Max Ernst, and Marcel Duchamp.
Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928) is a surreal and avant-garde short film that explores the concept of inanimate objects coming to life. The film features a group of ghosts who disrupt and play with animated objects, creating a whimsical and unusual experience for the audience.
A documentary-feature film mix detailing the life of famous German dadaist Kurt Schwitters.
The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice is a surreal and avant-garde documentary from 1929. The film takes viewers on a journey through a castle on a hill, capturing the contrast between modern architecture and castle ruins. The film includes scenes of swimming, a car and steam locomotive, suspension bridge, mountain road, sculpture, and more. With skewed camera angles and experimental techniques, this two-reeler film showcases the artistic and innovative spirit of the 1920s.
An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American visual artists, through four of his short films, brought to life by the atmospheric music of SQÜRL.
Dada rumba samba mambo, a Dadaist experience with very little continuity.
Two Penny Magic (Zweigroschenzauber) starting off with a little magic trick. It then presents an array of images from swimmers, bicyclers, murderers, airplanes in flight, boxers, lovers, runners, becoming in the end a collection of images in a magazine.
Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'.
A film about painting and its denial concerning Giordano struggling with the Sleeping Beauty, this is the challenge. Will art, free of museums and academies be able to give back to the child raped and abandoned on the snow, the desire to go on living? Giordano, Prince Charming bearing butterfly catchers and rotating optical games, plods along sinking into the snow and… but revolutionary creativity is not the one that makes the bird in the cage sink: is it the reason why the imprisoned bird breaks the cage.
Humourous interpretation of the poems and writings of Soviet dadaist Daniil Charms. These are organized into a sequence, suggesting a storyline, about a poor Russian poet who lives in Vienna, falls in love and has several bizarre adventures.
A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements meet black humor. Using a human touch, the film- makers were able to transform the original into a film aimed at a contemporary audience while remaining faithful to the vision of Father Ubu and Mother Ubu venturing everything in their efforts to seize power and mammon.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the surreal art movement, comedian Jim Moir (a.k.a. Vic Reeves) presents this documentary exploring the history of Dadism and the lasting influence it has had on himself and others.
Three French pals take to the road in a stolen car and discover a talking, wounded stork — who claims to have deserted the Algerian army — and help it to escape to the home of a relative in Germany.
In the 1920s, Man Ray directed four films which, although largely unknown by the general public, made him into a major figure in avant-garde cinema. His films were to be as radical as his images or objects. Included: Le Retour à la Raison, Les Mystères du Château du Dé, Emak-Bakia, L'étoile de Mer and collected shorts.