Les Mystères du Château du Dé

19291929
27m

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6.2/10

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Mannequin hands hold a pair of dice. A castle is perched on a hilltop. Below it, a posh, modern villa. Meanwhile, far from Paris, two men with masked faces play dice in a bar. They decide to... Read allMannequin hands hold a pair of dice. A castle is perched on a hilltop. Below it, a posh, modern villa. Meanwhile, far from Paris, two men with masked faces play dice in a bar. They decide to drive to Paris. Country roads, hills, fences. The posh "chateau" appears again: meticulou... Read allMannequin hands hold a pair of dice. A castle is perched on a hilltop. Below it, a posh, modern villa. Meanwhile, far from Paris, two men with masked faces play dice in a bar. They decide to drive to Paris. Country roads, hills, fences. The posh "chateau" appears again: meticulous garden, fancy interior, odd sculptures. And at home? "No one, NO ONE." For the next two ... Read all

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6.2/10

661

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POPULARITY

184,932

129,948

Director
- Man Ray
Writer
- Man Ray
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- Man Ray
- Jacques-André Boiffard
- Georges Auric(uncredited)

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Jacques-André Boiffard

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Georges Auric

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Le Comte de Beaumont

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(uncredited)

Alice de Montgomery

Le Vicomte de Noailles

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(uncredited)

Marie-Laure de Noailles

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Director
- Man Ray
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- Man Ray
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Premiered with Un chien andalou (1929) at Studio des Ursulines. Man Ray wanted a second film to show with his own and was introduced to Luis Buñuel, who had just completed Un chien andalou (1929) with Salvador Dalí.

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Featured in American Masters: Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde (1997)

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7/10

Not his most alluring work, but still fantastically imaginative

Man Ray. He's a Dadaist. "De" in French means dice. Dice are a symbol of Dadaism. That's about the only "reason" behind this film, which of course is funny because Dadaism is about antireason to a degree. But really that's all there is in terms of explanation. In terms of imagery, that's what this movie is for.

It's vastly different from Ray's other works in that it is the exact opposite of the spinning light. Instead, it's very straight and measured shadow. The rapid movement one can get used to in Ray's work is replaced with very static and slow imagery and camera movement. Even the in theory lively movement of the... people... gets pretty slow.

Experimental, interesting, and without reason. If that's what you like, this is what you'll like.

--PolarisDiB

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