Upon completing the final edit of "Un Chien Andalou," Dali and Bunuel was at a lost what to do with it. It just so happened photographer Man Ray was introduced to Bunuel when he had just finished his "The Mysteries of the Chateau de De." Ray was looking for a second experimental movie to complement his film in an evening's showing. When he saw "Un Chinese Andalou," he arranged the Paris movie house to show the two movies back-to-back.
Man Ray, who produced experimental films in the past, secured funding from France's generous patron of arts, Vicomte de Noailles and his wife Marie-Laure. For props, Man Ray used a pair of dice and six pairs of silk stockings to be placed over the heads of his 'actors." The movie begins with two people tossing the dice to see if they should journey to the south of France to visit the Vicomte mansion. Ray based the film on Mallarme poem's 'A Throw of the Dice can Never do Away with Chance.' The pair drive down to the vacation home where clips of four guests swimming are shown. The host and patron to Man's work, Marie, is filmed in some clever underwater shots. The 24-minute film allows Ray to demonstrate his famous Rayographs, where he placed objects on photosensitive paper and exposed them to light. This was the final movie Man Ray ever produced, making this short one of cinema's more prized surrealistic experiments.
Man Ray, who produced experimental films in the past, secured funding from France's generous patron of arts, Vicomte de Noailles and his wife Marie-Laure. For props, Man Ray used a pair of dice and six pairs of silk stockings to be placed over the heads of his 'actors." The movie begins with two people tossing the dice to see if they should journey to the south of France to visit the Vicomte mansion. Ray based the film on Mallarme poem's 'A Throw of the Dice can Never do Away with Chance.' The pair drive down to the vacation home where clips of four guests swimming are shown. The host and patron to Man's work, Marie, is filmed in some clever underwater shots. The 24-minute film allows Ray to demonstrate his famous Rayographs, where he placed objects on photosensitive paper and exposed them to light. This was the final movie Man Ray ever produced, making this short one of cinema's more prized surrealistic experiments.